BJ Penn Rides a Thunderbird
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- B.J. Penn, Ultimate Fighter Championship Lightweight Champion, waves the shaka before taking off in an F-16 Fighting Falcon with the Thunderbirds, U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, for an orientation flight here, Sep. 18. During the flight, they performed ariel combat maneuvers pulling more than nine G's at one point. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)