U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, assigned to the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, and family members of Detective Benjamin J. MacDonald, an officer assigned to the homicide division of the Fort Wayne Police Department, watch as Thunderbird 7 prepares for flight at the Fort Wayne Air National Guard base in Fort Wayne, Indiana June 3, 2022. MacDonald was given the opportunity to participate in a Hometown Hero Flight, a Thunderbird program that showcases American citizens doing amazing things in their communities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Rita Jimenez)
April R. MacDonald, mother of Peyton, Lilliana, Savannah and Stanley MacDonald, shoots video of her husband, Detective Benjamin J. MacDonald, as he prepares for a flight in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at the Fort Wayne Air National Guard base in Fort Wayne, Indiana June 3, 2022. MacDonald, an officer assigned to the homicide division of the Fort Wayne Police Department, was given the opportunity to participate in a Hometown Hero Flight with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird program that showcases American citizens doing amazing things in their communities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Rita Jimenez)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Yingling, Operations Officer with the USAF Thunderbirds, and Detective Benjamin J. MacDonald, an officer assigned to the homicide division of the Fort Wayne Police Department, taxi past two A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots assigned to the 163rd Fighter Squadron, at the Fort Wayne Air National Guard base in Fort Wayne, Indiana June 3, 2022. MacDonald was given the opportunity to participate in a Hometown Hero Flight, a Thunderbird program that showcases American citizens doing amazing things in their communities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Rita Jimenez)
