USAF Heritage Flight at the 2007 Barksdale AFB airshow. P-47 (44-90368) leads the formation, followed by an F-15E (89-0492/SJ), QF-4E (72-0135/TD) and P-51D (N5428V / 44-73264/CY-U).
A P-47D Thunderbolt is preparing to take-off, to perform at the 2007 Barksdale AFB. Since 1995, this plane is repainted as '44-33240/IA-N' Tarheel Hal.
The P-47D was known to the RAF as a Thunderbolt II. The Thunderbolt replaced the Hawker Hurricanes operating over Burma, this was the only theatre in which the Thunderbolt was operated by the RAF. This aircraft is in reality USAAF 45-49295.