Defense 2015 Aviation Week Photo Contest Finalists

Rare moment at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, Red Flag action.

One of those perfect photography moments during Red Flag.

This L-39 had just landed after flying aggressor sorties with the U.S. military earlier in the day.

2014 CF-18 Demonstration Pilot Capt. Adam "Manik" Runge passes in front of the August "Super Moon" during his Twilight Demo at the 2014 Abbotsford International Airshow.

Two static jump parachutists and World War II reenactors jump from a C-47 Dakota nicknamed "TiCo Belle" during the 2015 TiCo Warbird Airshow in Titusville, Florida.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey kicks up a ton of dust while coming in to land during a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) demonstration at Rye Playland, New York during Fleet Week New York activities.

A C-5M Super Galaxy prepares to unload an M109A6 Paladin howitzer.

Flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) Aircraft Carrier.

An F-15E Strike Eagle from Mountain Home AFB blasts into the skies above Nellis AFB at the start of yet another Red Flag 15-3 sortie.

Salty Dog 100 on approach during Magic Carpet testing aboard USS George H.W. Bush.

Military parade of Thessaloniki, Greece.

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T from USCG Kodiak low level over the Arctic ice off Deadhorse, Alaska.

Maryland State Police, September 17 9:24 pm EST.

Bulgarian air force pilot preparing for a training mission with fully armed MiG-29. Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria.

Bulgarian Navy AS-565MB Panther during SAR training flight. Black Sea coastline, Bulgaria.

The French Patrouille de France fly over Paris in a Croix de Lorraine formation, smoke on!

A French air force A400M transport leads two C-130 Hercules over a Paris landmark, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.

French Rafale afterburner turn at the World Aerobatics Competition Air Show in Chateauroux, France.

A bird soars as four of five F15 fighter aircraft from the Massachusetts National Guard fly over Boston during a scheduled training mission, Nov. 13, 2014.

F-15C at the Joint Base Andrews Air Show.

EC-725 Caracal helicopter of the Brazilian air force flying in for Amazon sunsets. In flight over Amazon jungle in Brazil.

H-60L Black Hawk Helicopters attack in the late afternoon. In flight over Amazon jungle  Brazil.

H-60L Black Hawk helicopter of the Brazilian air force flies over the Amazon jungle.

AH-2 Sabre Helicopter (Mil Mi-35) in night takeoff procedure at Porto Velho air base, Brazil.

Two rescuers jumping from an SC-105 Amazona (CASA-295) over the Santa Catarina shore in Brazil.

Two rescuers jumping from an SC-105 Amazona (CASA-295) over the Santa Catarina shore in Brazil.

Engine maintenance of a C-95 Bandeirante, Brazilian air force, Brazil.

A B-1 bomber from the 337th Test and Evaluation Sqdn. at Dyess AFB, Texax, flies a low-level mission over southern New Mexico.

The 61st Sqdn. commander's aircraft and his wingman fly in formation over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

A two ship of F-35's from the 61st Fighter Sqdn. at Luke AFB, Arizona, flies over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

A two ship of F-35's flies over the Grand Canyon.