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Burner Friday: Freedom’s Thunder!

March 11, 2016 Burner Friday: Freedom's Thunder!
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Happy Friday, FighterSweep Fans! In order for you to have a spectacular weekend, you need the proper sendoff. From our perspective, no Friday would be complete without the sky tearing open and your guts rattling around inside your body in the presence of the ever-glorious homage to Freedom’s Thunder!

If there were ever an apt description of the term “Freedom’s Thunder,” this is most assuredly it. Here is a Rockwell (Boeing) B-1B Lancer from the 34th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

This jet, crewed by a couple good friends of ours, was raging through the show container at the inaugural Fort Lauderdale Airshow in 2012. As you know, we just cannot get enough of this jet, and here she is in all her glory: wings completely swept to sixty-seven degrees, all four General Electric F-101 motors blazing in max AB, and the airplane leaning hard against the Mach.

It was absolutely glorious to behold, and one of my favorite airshow memories to date! Enjoy your weekend, FighterSweep Fans!

BAD…To the Bone!

About the Author

Scott Wolff is an accomplished writer and renowned aviation photojournalist. He has held the position of Managing Editor for a print flying lifestyle magazine, and is the Host and Editor for FighterSweep. Scott's area of expertise is military flight operations, drawing on ten years of experience working extensively with all branches of the armed forces. He holds an FAA pilot certificate, the culmination of a life-long passion for flying airplanes. Scott has received military altitude chamber training, emergency egress training, and has logged time in a variety of civilian and military aircraft. He is also a member of the International Society of Aviation Photographers and Nikon Professional Services.

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