The Thunderbirds are in town for an air show at Joint Base Lewis McChord this weekend. Seriously badass.
I wasn't going to go out to see them, but was lucky enough to see them flexing their wings in rehearsal. Talk about LOUD.
No matter what jokes the Army makes about the Air Force ("Air Force? They're just our taxi service") seeing $20 million bucks' worth of airplane flying over is impressive. One F16 = $20M. I can verify that there's at least six of them - do the math.
Regardless of what you think of the cost, the implications, the morality of war, you still have to be awestruck by such an amazing piece of machinery and the brave pilots that operate them. In whatever formation.
Makes me want to see "Top Gun" again.
The best part is the beginning when you get to see the orchestrated movements of the flight crews. The editing on the intro is terrific. If you drive north on the Sound, you can see some of the massive hulking aircraft carriers in dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
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