Holding PatternF16 USAF Thunderbirds – Formation
How the X-Men’s X-Jet Blackbird Compares to the Original SR-71Featured prominently in both comic books and on the big screen, the X-Men’s official mode of transportation is heavily inspired by our SR-71 Blackbird.
CNN Breaking News2:57 PM (5 hours ago) Fighter jets from the Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds crashed in separate incidents. The Blue Angels FA-18 Hornet went down in Tennessee, a Navy official said. A Rutherford County official said one person died as a result of a plane crash there. The Thunderbirds F-16 crashed in Colorado after a U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony attended by President Barack Obama. A spokesman for the academy said the plane went down far from the ceremony and the pilot safely ejected. Obama later met with the pilot.