Newly minted second lieutenants from the Air Force Academy Class of 2017 watch the Air Force Thunderbirds perform an airshow after their graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 24, 2017. Nine-hundred-seventy-nine cadets crossed the stage to become the Air Force's newest second lieutenants.

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