Air Force Thunderbirds gas and go
An Air Force Thunderbird pilot maneuvers his F-16 Fighting Falcon towards the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker Aug. 11, 2011, during a refueling mission over the Midwest United States while en route to an air show in Portsmouth, N.H. The tanker and its crew are from the New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157th Air Refueling Wing at Pease Air National Guard Base. The Thunderbirds are the U.S. Air Force's Air Demonstration Squadron and are based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Curtis J. Lenz)