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The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are the nation's busiest precision flying team. First organized in 1953, the Thunderbirds have performed in all of the 50 states, in over 40 foreign countries, before more than 85 million spectators. The globetrotting schedule has earned the team the title of "America's Ambassadors in Blue." Permanently based at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nevada, the Thunderburds perform their breathtaking maneuvers in colorful red-white-blue McDonnell Douglas F-4E Pantoms.
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U.S. AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are the nation's busiest precision flying team. First organized in 1953, the Thunderbirds have performed in all of the 50 states, in over 40 foreign countries, before more than 85 million spectators. The globetrotting schedule has earned the team the title of "America's Ambassadors in Blue." Permanently based at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nevada, the Thunderburds perform their breathtaking maneuvers in colorful red-white-blue McDonnell Douglas F-4E Pantoms.
Publisher: Schaaf Post Card Co. (Alamogordo, New Mexico)
American
1971
Medium/Technique
Offset photomechanical print on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.13046
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
© Schaaf Post Card Co. #1300
Pub. by Schaaf Post Card Co., Alamogordo, New Mexico
© Schaaf Post Card Co. #1300
Pub. by Schaaf Post Card Co., Alamogordo, New Mexico
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)