Photo by Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell | HQ Air Force Recruiting Service | 03.13.2024
Amanda and Branden Sorensen, Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored motorsports athletes, pose for a photo at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, March 13, 2024. The Sorensen siblings briefly traded in their high-performance motor vehicles and racing suits for jumpsuits and parachutes while participating in a different form of thrill-seeking activity: tandem skydiving with the USAFA Wings of......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell | HQ Air Force Recruiting Service | 03.13.2024
(Left to right) Lt. Col. Jonathan Vaage, 98th Flying Training Squadron director of operations, Branden and Amanda Sorensen, Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored motorsports athletes, and Tech Sgt. Mason Bengtson, 98th FTS course instructor, pose for a photo at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, March 13, 2024. The Sorensen siblings had the opportunity to participate in a tandem skydive......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell | HQ Air Force Recruiting Service | 03.13.2024
Amanda and Branden Sorensen, Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored motorsports athletes, converse following their tandem skydiving experiences with two Wings of Blue instructors at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, March 13, 2024. The Sorensen siblings have had several opportunities to meet Airmen and participate in some of the experiences offered by the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell | HQ Air Force Recruiting Service | 03.13.2024
Lt. Col. Jonathan Vaage, 98th Flying Training Squadron director of operations, and Branden Sorensen, Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored Formula Drift driver, prepare to land after tandem skydiving at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, March 13, 2024. Sorensen, who has been involved in motorsports since he was five years old, participated in his first skydiving experience with the USAFA......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell | HQ Air Force Recruiting Service | 03.13.2024
An airfield assistant prepares to remove tire chocks on a Wings of Blue UV-18B Twin Otter transport aircraft at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, March 13, 2024. The Twin Otter aircraft transported Amanda and Branden Sorensen, Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored motorsports athletes, to 11,000 feet above ground level where they tandem skydived with two USAFA Wings of Blue parachute......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell | HQ Air Force Recruiting Service | 03.13.2024
Tech Sgt. Mason Bengtson, 98th Flying Training Squadron course instructor, left, provides jumpsuit and harness safety instructions to Amanda Sorensen, Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored motorsports athlete, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, March 13, 2024. Bengtson was Amanda’s tandem skydiving instructor and partner who guided her back to the ground safely from 11,000 feet in the......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell | HQ Air Force Recruiting Service | 03.13.2024
Amanda and Branden Sorensen, Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored motorsports athletes, watch a skydiving safety video at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, March 13, 2024. The Sorensen siblings received flight physicals, safety briefings, and equipment demonstrations before each having the opportunity to participate in tandem skydiving with USAFA Wings of Blue parachute demonstration......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell | HQ Air Force Recruiting Service | 03.13.2024
Branden and Amanda Sorensen, Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored motorsports athletes, meet Tech Sgt. Mason Bengtson, 98th Flying Training Squadron course instructor, left, and Lt. Col. Jonathan Vaage, 98th FTS director of operations, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, March 13, 2024. The Sorensen siblings traveled to Colorado Springs to participate in a tandem skydiving opportunity......
