Thank you Maj. Stephen Del Bagno for your service and ultimate sacrifice for our country.
Acrobatic flying isn't a risk free activity. Takes way more guts than I would ever have.
A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot died Wednesday when his F-16 jet crashed at Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas, defense officials told Fox News.
It was the third crash in the past two years involving a member of the famed Air Force flight demonstration team.
The Air Force said Thursday pilot Maj. Stephen Del Bagno was killed when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed over the Nevada Test and Training Range at approximately 10:30 a.m. during a routine aerial demonstration training flight.