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February 04, 2004

It's Real: USAF Owns Up To Amazing Thunderbird Ejection Pic

It's been a source of some conjecture for several months. An amazing shot, taken at the very latest fraction of a second, of a stricken USAF Thunderbird F-16 in ejection mode, has finally been claimed by its photographer. Taken at (relatively) close range, the picture shows in extraordinary detail, the last fraction of a second ejection of Capt. Christopher Stricklin at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. After an error in judging entry altitude, Stricklin was forced to abandon his aircraft less than a second before impact, in the Thunderbirds' number six aircraft. The amazing photo is the superb work of Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III...

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