Mr. Charles Atkeison, a CNN contributor, gives a thumbs up from the backseat of the F-16D aircraft as Maj. Michael Fisher, Thunderbirds advance pilot and narrator, taxis out from their parking spot for his media orientation flight at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, Oct., 17. The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds are using Dobbins as their base of operations for their performances at the Wings Over North Georgia Air Show this weekend at the Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Georgia . (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)