U. S.Navyphotographer with lightning-fastreflexescaptured this imageofafighter plane blasting through a "sonic boomcloud" as the jet broke the sound barrier.
While Texas is a right-to-work state, many of the highest paying jobs in the Dallas area are with unionized defense manufacturers like Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin, which produces the F-35 Lightning II fighter at a mile-long plant in Fort Worth.