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Backdrop. marthas vineyard. thanks very much. >> julie: so gel less. >> gregg: what does it take to fly some of the hottest jets in the u.s. military? john scott found out from some of our nations finest pilots, the air force thunder birds. >> they call themselves the ambassadors in blue of the u.s. air force. their mission? so recruit, represent, and entertain. a television picture doesnt do justice to the thrill of a thunder birds performance, the speed, the precision, the roar. the only thing...

To those who help newbies like me figure out how to fit into a flight harness. medically cleared and suited up, its time to meet mother, really. the pilot is air force captain kristen hubbard, the third female pilot in thunderbirds history. with pilot nicknames all that required, the captain becomes mother hubbard. with rain and wind on the ground, its time to take to the sky. >> ready to go? >> oh, yeah. >> here we go. >> in seven seconds, we are airborne, headed for flight lesson in just what ...

>> there she is. she got out. >> reporter: the car completely submerged. west of birmingham, where several people were hurt when an ef-2 tornado blew through. theyre cleaning up flattened homes and businesses. our steve osunsami is there. >> behind me over here is what used to be an oil service station. you can see that the winds were strong enough to basically tear this place in two. this was part of a wall. >> reporter: the storms moving north and east. in dayton, ohio, heavy rain at a thunder...