Former airline pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III and his pilot Air Force Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh go over some of the acrobatics that will be performed on his flight with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., May 4, 2017. Sullenberger is a 1973 Air Force Academy graduate and is best known for successfully landing a crippled airliner in the Hudson River saving the lives of a 155 passengers.

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