The second man ever walk on the moon flew with the USAF Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds on April 2nd, 2017.
The former Air Force Colonel and astronaut Buzz Aldrin (age 87) flew on the back seat of Thunderbird #7 Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh in the diamond formation over Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. He became the oldest person to fly with the US Air Force Thunderbirds.
Aldrin was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and served as a jet fighter pilot during the Korean War. He flew 66 combat missions in F-86 Sabres and shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. The June 8, 1953, issue of Life magazine featured gun camera photos taken by Aldrin of one of the Soviet pilots ejecting from his damaged aircraft.
Aldrin was chosen for the crew of Apollo 11 and made the first lunar landing with commander Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969. The next day, Aldrin became the second person to walk on the Moon.
