​U.S. Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard, Crash Damage Disabled Recovery Team, work to remove the vertical tail from the fuselage of a damaged Thunderbird F-16, Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colo., March 14, 2017. The F-16 was returning to Peterson AFB after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation on June 2, 2016, when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet.
180912-Z-WU045-1007.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea

Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado - ​U.S. Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard, Crash Damage Disabled Recovery Team, work to remove the vertical tail from the fuselage of a damaged Thunderbird F-16, Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colo., March 14, 2017. The F-16 was returning to Peterson AFB after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation on June 2, 2016, when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet.


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