Defense On the Ground 2016 Aviation Week Photo Contest Finalists

Top Gun

Miguel Suarez Gijon, Spain

The legendary Top Gun-style picture.

Cue the Top Gun anthem

Scott Stephens, Meridian, Mississippi

Navy instructor and student call it a day during weekend ops staged out of Key Field Airport in Meridian, Mississippi. 

Green Hornets Passing Through

Scott Stephens, Meridian, Mississippi

A pair of 20th SOS Ospreys drops by for a top-off at Key Field Airport in Meridian, Mississippi, on Nov. 5, 2015. 

Staged For Fhe Weekend

Scott Stephens, Meridian, Mississippi

A pair of T-45 Goshawks snooze under a low ceiling at at Key Field Airport in Meridian, Mississippi, on Dec. 13, 2015.

Fligh Test

Alain Ernoult, St. Remy l’Honore, France

Rafale waits for its next mission.

Strike Eagle Does Everything, Including Moonwalking

Yissachar Ruas, Bet Shemesh, Israel

Israel Air Force Boeing F-15I Strike Eagle moonwalks back from a night sortie.

Full House

David Bowman, Newport News, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center's hangar sheltered F-22 Raptors when Tropical Storm Hermine approached area. 

Strike Eagle Diamond

Yissachar Ruas, Bet Shemesh, Israel

Israel Air Force Boeing F-15I Strike Eagle is framed by a diamond reflection after taking cover from a rare thunderstorm at Hatzerim AB, Israel.

Scooter Sundown, Lion Cub Dawn

Yissachar Ruas, Bet Shemesh, Israel

Israel Air Force Douglas A-4 Skyhawk sits on the tarmac after its final operational mission while its replacement, the Leonardo M-346 Master, is landing in the sunset at Hatzerim AB, Israel.

Night Hawk

Rob Day, Swanmore, Hampshire, England

BAE Systems Hawk T1 from 736 Naval Air Squadron is illuminated by a passing airport crash truck while displayed at Nightshoot XX on March 17 at RAF Northolt in West London.

Stars Of The Boneyard

Yissachar Ruas, Bet Shemesh, Israel

Israel Air Force Douglas A-4 Skyhawk rests in the Negev Desert in Israel after a 48-year military combat career. 

BuAF Su-25

Ognyan Stefanov, Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 waits on the new runway at Bezmer, Bulgaria, minutes before sunset.

BuAF Pilot And MiG-29

Ognyan Stefanov, Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force pilot prepare for a training mission with a fully armed Mikoyan MiG-29 at Graf Ignatievo AB, Bulgaria.

Eagle's Beak

Evan Peers, Pollock Pines, California

The Oregon Air National Guard's 75th anniversary jet takes center stage during the Oregon International Airshow fireworks display.

The 'Ace Maker' Ready For Demo

Gregory Colyer, San Rafael, California

Gregory 'Wired' Colyer, the 'Ace Maker,' is ready to demonstrate his Shooting Star.

Black & White Hunter

Jaime Ramirez, Santa Paula, California

1960s-era Mk.58 Hawker Hunter. 

Embraer KC-390 Sunset I

David Branco Filho, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil

Embraer KC-390 prototype on the ramp after a day of flight testing from Campo Grande Air Force Base, Brazil.

Ready To Carry Almost Anything

James Erlandson, Bay Village, Ohio

U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy on display at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Light Painted Inlets

John Waszak, Racine, Wisconsin

U.S. Air Force KC-135 on the general aviation ramp in Milwaukee.

Fake Afterburner

John Waszak, Racine, Wisconsin

Sunlight paints the afterburner on a Boeing F/A-18 on the general aviation ramp at Milwaukee

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