Fly-by-wire F-15SA makes first flight

An F-15SA makes its first flight over St. Louis on Feb. 20, 2013. The advanced fighter features a Fly-By-Wire flight control system and is being built by Boeing for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio oversees program management for the foreign military sale, the largest in U.S. history. (Boeing photo/Kevin Flynn)

The United States Air Force Thunderbird prepare to perform at the 2011 Dayton Ohio Air Show.

The Air Force Thunderbirds are lined up and ready to go, July 23, during the 2011 Dayton Airshow at Dayton International Airport, Ohio. The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the U.S. Air Force, and based at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada. The squadron tours the world, performing thrilling aerobatic flight formations in specially marked F-16 jet aircraft. (USAF photo by Ben Strasser)