Defense Pilots Perspective 2016 Aviation Week Photo Contest Finalists

A 107th Fighter Sqdn. "Hawg" fires its guns on a strafing run at Gila Bend, Arizona, during Hawgsmoke.

A Swiss air force Pilatus PC-7 patrols over the World Economic Forum on a late winter afternoon.

A Swiss air force Pilatus PC-7 graciously loops into a rising winter full moon.

Air refueling near Canoas AFB in Brazil.

Two-ship formation near Canoas AFB n Brazil.

Pilatus PC6, Swiss air force. 

Onboard with Snowbird 5, Capt Matthew "Hitman" Hart as boss leads the formation in a low- approach down Runway 07 at the Abbotsford International Airshow.

Bulgarian air force Spartan over the clouds near Graf Ignatievo AFB, Bulgaria.

Bulgarian air force Su-25 during a low-level training flight over Thracian plain.

A Canadian air force de Havilland Buffalo aircraft conducts training in the rain in Sechelt, British Columbia.

An A-10C from the 190th Fighter Sqdn. rolls left high over the Utah Test and Training range during a sortie. The lakebed background and the jet almost look fake, like a painting, on Feb. 25.

Taken during Chino POF Airshow .

U.S pilots showcasing the Jayhawk's capability at a SAR demo. 

An Embraer KC-390 prototype testing an inflight parachute extraction at Campo Grande, Brazil.