50+ years and Buffs are still smokin!

GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 11, 2013) Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Olivia Anzaldua, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Kara Bates, assigned to the Swordsmen of Strike Fighter Squadron 32, perform maintenance on an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Karl Anderson/Released)

Oh Yeah!!!
I always love fighters with open and close cockpits

A 391st Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle prepares to pop defensive flares during a close-air support mission during exercise Mountain Roundup 2013, at Saylor Creek bombing range near Mountain Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 16, 2013. The exercise kicked-off Sept. 30 and ended Oct. 16, and the goal was simple: everyone involved hoped to provide more-integrated and proficient combined-joint forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace/RELEASED)

Belgian F-16s in the skies over Lithuania.
Photos - Belgian Royal Air Force.

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 20, 2013) An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 launches from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during night flight operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Peter Burghart/Released)

German Air Force AG-51 Tornados takes off from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, during Mountain Roundup Oct. 4, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photos Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 22, 2013) The F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, piloted by Marine Corps Capt. Justin Carlson, assigned to Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., performs the first F-35C weapon separation by releasing the 500-pound inert Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) 12 over an Atlantic test range. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Oct. 18, 2013) An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Wallbangers of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 117 sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin Wray/Released)


PENSACOLA, Fla. (Oct. 23, 2013) The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, pilots fly in a delta formation during a training flight. While the U.S. Navy cancelled the remaining 2013 Blue Angels performances, the squadron maintained minimum safe flying levels and proficiency flight operations since April. This month, the Department of Defense approved funding for the Blue Angels full 2014 air show season. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Terrence Siren/Released)

An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Oct. 23, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class John Linzmeier)

A Marine F-35B joint strike fighter makes an approach to the runway during the first short take-off and vertical landing mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 25. The milestone training mission was flown by Maj. Brendan M. Walsh, of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501.Walsh recently qualified in vertical landing operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., in preparation for this mission.(U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)