Blue Angel on a stick. Before being an Angel, this Hornet served in both the US Navy and US Marine Corps, and is a combat veteran of Desert Storm, Operation Northern Watch, and Somalia.
Rolling through a combination of his own team's smoke from the overhead break, and that of a wildfire burning in British Columbia, "Boss" taxis back to the Military Ramp after Friday's Seafair performance.
The Erickson Collection's P-38L "Tangerine" comes in for a landing at Boeing Field. Tangerine was on static display throughout Seafair Weekend this year at the Museum of Flight.