Thunderbird Maintenance Crews 'Keep 'Em Flying'
Each Thunderbirds pilot, escorted by trim, blue-suited crew chiefs, climbs into his F-16C, closes the canopy and flips an engine-start switch. One aircraft's engine refuses to catch. Ground abort. No problem. A canopy raises, the g-suited pilot descends a silver ladder and he's marched to one of two...
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