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Headline: 'Aerial Art': Airman Magazine Choose Best Of U.S. Air Force Photography

Caption: PICTURE SHOWS: Two U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles, a B-52 Stratofortress bomber and two Royal Moroccan air force F-16s fly in a formation during Exercise African Lion April 20, 2018. Various units from the U.S. Armed Forces will conduct multilateral and stability operations training with units from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces in the Kingdom of Morocco. This combined multilateral exercise is designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating the strong bond between the nation’s militaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Malcolm Mayfield) ........ STORY COPY: These jaw-dropping pictures represent the best of U.S. Air Force photography. They form part of a stunning collection collated by Airman Magazine, the official publication of the Air Force, who describe the images as "aerial art". The evolving gallery features recent highlights including the Thunderbirds Delta formation performing a pass by New York's Freedom Tower in September 2018. Other highlights, chosen by Cover Images press agency, include a A-10 Thunderbolt II performing an explosive air to ground firing demonstration at Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base. Elsewhere, an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter manifests an impressive silhouette against the sun after returning from an exercise mission at Nellis Air Force Base, while there is the otherwordly sight of 500 drones performing a choreographed light show against the evening sky during an Independence Day celebration on 5 July, 2018, at Travis Air Force Base in California. Airman Magazine explains: "Since its early days as a service, the Air Force has embraced technological advances in air and space capabilities and played an integral role as a global airpower. Airman Magazine regularly updates Airman Aerials, a photographic art gallery, featuring some of the best aerial photography from around the service in recent history. The staff plans to continually expand the gallery with new aerial art from some of the best Air Force photographers." Airman is the official magazine of the U.S. Air Force. It contains the stories of the Air Force, the people, equipment and technology.

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