Offutt Air Force Base

Coming in to land

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Staff Sgt. Joe Alley (right), watches the Offutt runway as the U.S. Navy Blue Angel's modified C-130 "Fat Albert," takes a sharp left turn here Aug. 28. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger

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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Members of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team inside the cockpit of the Blue Angels modified C-130 "Fat Albert," hold on to parts of the aircraft to avoid floating out of their seats as U.S. Marine Corps pilot, Maj. Drew Hess, takes a hard right turn above Offutt Aug. 28. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger

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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Maj. Drew Hess (left), a U.S. Marine Corps pilot and a member of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, flies "Fat Albert," the Blue Angels modified C-130, over Iowa farm land while maintaining sight of the Offutt runway Aug. 28. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger

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Published Sept. 2, 2009