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An F-16i “Sufa” or Storm is encircled by a storm of a million stars.

An Air Canada 777 soars high over Vancouver Island, British Columbia with the atmospheric conditions creating spectacular effects in its contrails.

Israeli Air Force A-4 Skyhawk "Ahit" at its final resting place in the Negev Desert in Israel after concluding its illustrious 48-year career in combat service.

Snowbird 5, Capt Matthew “Hitman” Hart, runs through his startup procedures in preparation for another practice at 19 Wing at Royal Canadian Air Force Base Comox, British Columbia, during the Canadian Forces aerobatic demonstration team’s spring training deployment.

A Russian air force helicopter heads toward Moscow’s Red Square.

The launch of the Osiris-REx spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, used an Atlas V rocket with just one solid rocket booster. Liquid and solid fuel rocket engines worked together to deliver Osiris-REx on its way to the asteroid Bennu.

A pair of Swiss air force Northrop F-5E/F Tigers fly over the Alps.

A Southwest Airlines 737-700 makes its final approach to Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport’s Runway 8L during a beautiful sunrise.

Flying the back up jet, Capt. Ryan “Roid” Kean pushes his CF-18 to the edge of the speed of sound during a very damp morning practice at 19 Wing at Royal Canadian Air Force Base Comox, British Columbia.

A helicopter serves as the platform for photographing a Boeing 737 MAX.

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 takes off from Istanbul Ataturk International Airport on Sept. 17.

Two of the remaining five flying Beech Starships fly in formation.

A Soyuz 2.1a launch vehicle lifts off in the first launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia on April 28 carrying three spacecraft that it successfully deployed.

Firefly Space Systems tests its aerospike rocket in Briggs, Texas.

Solar Impulse II is parked in an Abu Dhabi hangar after its final flight.

Test dummies are strapped inside the Orion Ground Test Article for upcoming splash down testing at Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin.

DHC2-Mk. 3 at rest in a top secret British Columbia get-away.

A KLM Asia 747 passes over Paradise Beach on final approach to Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten.

Heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 747, “Ed Force One,” departs Los Angeles International Airport for Tokyo.

United Aircraft Corp. MS-21 jetliner is rolled out at Irkutsk, Russia on June 8.

A Proton booster rolls out from the fueling station to Pad 200 on March 11 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

A Boeing 787-8 is pushed out of a hangar early one morning.

Beechcraft Staggerwing Model B17.

The December 2015 launch of Orbcomm OG2-M2 was the first for SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 "full-thrust" variant, making use of densified propellants to improve rocket performance. Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.

Lebanese navy seals during a maneuver in Okaibe, Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea.

A 5-sec. exposure during auroral activity in Bettles, Alaska.

An abandoned U.S. Navy Douglas Super DC-3 plane on Solheimasandur Beach in Iceland.

The base formation from which the Parachutists Over Phorty (POP's) 2016 World Record was formed.

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket launch on the eighth mission to resupply the International Space Station, conducted under NASA's Commercial Cargo contract. Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.

Alaskan camper

Mountainside view of the Orbital/ATK QM-2 Solid Rocket Motor test firing in Promontory, Utah, on June 18, 2016.

Rachel Friesen holds Evie Friesen as the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter lifts off during an open day at the rescue helicopter base at Nelson Airport.

Descending between cloud layers into New York's JFK Airport

Curtiss-Wright Robin flown by Scott Glover, Curtis Wright Travel Air 4000 flown by Kelly Mahon, O-1 Bird Dog photo ship flown by Matt Bongers, Mount Pleasant, Texas, for the Mid America Flight Museum.