U.S. Combat Aircraft Images from Aviation Week's Photo Contest

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly F-16s in a mirrored pass.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 at late sunset as storm clouds dissipate.

An F-22 Raptor bursts through vapor at the Space Coast Air Show in Titusville, Florida. 

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels streak across the sky as the moon looms in the background at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. 

U.S. Navy Replacement Sqdn. VFA-106 Super Bug basks in the moonlight during an unscheduled extended stay at Key Field in Meridian Miss.

An F-16 from the South Dakota National Guard takes off with afterburner from March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California, against the snow covered mountains.

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