A Boeing E-3A Awacs perform its flying display on June 19, 2009 at the 48th international Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, near Paris. The biennial Paris Air Show, first held in 1909, got under way on June 15 and will be opened to the public for three days starting today. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

A Boeing E-3A Awacs perform its flying display on June 19, 2009 at the 48th international Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, near Paris. The biennial Paris Air Show, first held in 1909, got under way on June 15 and will be opened to the public for three days starting today.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. JAT Tehnika mechanics work on maintening of Russian Transaero Boeing 737, in front of JAT Boeing 737-300, in technical maintenance hangar at Belgrade International airport, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. JAT Airways said Wednesday that all its flights have been grounded indefinitely because its maintenance company has stopped servicing its planes over unpaid bills. JAT said that none of its aircraft has taken off since Tuesday evening, when aviation maintenance company JAT Tehnika halted its work on JAT's fleet.
  2. A visitor takes a picture of Boeing passenger airliner models on display at the China Aviation Expo in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
  3. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Crew members exit a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier with Space Shuttle Discovery mounted atop after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  4. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  5. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  6. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  7. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  8. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Crew members exit a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier with Space Shuttle Discovery mounted atop after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  9. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, touches down on the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  10. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, touches down on the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  11. Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, is towed along the tarmac at the shuttle landing facility after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  12. Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, returns to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  13. Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, returns to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  14. Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, returns to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  15. The space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space earlier this month in Southern California.
  16. The space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space earlier this month in Southern California.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Former South African president F.W. de Klerk listens to the speeches at the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at the Rotes Rathaus (City Hall) in Berlin, on November 10, 2009. The two-day summit is attended by 22 Nobel Peace Laureates.
  2. Arcandor liquidator Klaus Hubert Goerg arrives for a creditor meeting of Karstadt, German retailer Arcandor's insolvent department store chain, in Essen November 10, 2009. The search for an investor for Karstadt, the insolvent department store chain of German retail group Arcandor, will begin soon, the insolvency administrator said on Tuesday.
  3. Kalsoom, 6, who was fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, sits in a queue with others to receive food handouts at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 10, 2009. The Pakistani Taliban have started a guerrilla war against the army and will wage a tough, protracted fight in the insurgents' South Waziristan stronghold, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday.
  4. A man reads a newspaper during a creditor meeting of Karstadt, German retailer Arcandor's insolvent department store chain, in Essen November 10, 2009. The search for an investor for Karstadt, the insolvent department store chain of German retail group Arcandor, will begin soon, the insolvency administrator said on Tuesday.
  5. German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a point during her speech at the German lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, November 10, 2009. Merkel laid out her policy agenda in a speech to the Bundestag lower house of parliament on Tuesday.
  6. German Benjamin Becker returns to Russian Nikolay Davydenko during their ATP Paris Indoor Master Tournament tennis match on November 10, 2009 at the Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris.
  7. German Benjamin Becker serves to Russian Nikolay Davydenko during their ATP Paris Indoor Master Tournament tennis match on November 10, 2009 at the Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris.
  8. Former president of Poland Lech Walesa arrives at the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at the Rotes Rathaus (City Hall) in Berlin, on November 10, 2009. The two-day summit is attended by 22 Nobel Peace Laureates.
  9. Russian national football team member Alexei Berezutsky (R) and assistant coach Alexander Borodyuk (L) make ready to go to a training session in Moscow on November 10, 2009. Russia will play Slovenia in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Moscow on November 14.
  10. Former president of Poland Lech Walesa gestures as he arrives at the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at the Rotes Rathaus (City Hall) in Berlin, on November 10, 2009. The two-day summit is attended by 22 Nobel Peace Laureates.
  11. Japanese toymaker Ogawa Studios, Inc., staff Tomohisa Kikuchi displays rubber masks of U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in Saitama near Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Obama arrives in Japan Friday, Nov. 13 for his two-day Tokyo visit before attending APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, meetings in Singapore over the weekend.
  12. Japanese toymaker Ogawa Studios, Inc., staff wear rubber masks of U.S. President Barack Obama, second from right, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, right, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second from left, and Japanese first lady Miyuki Hatoyama in Saitama near Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Obama arrives in Japan Friday, Nov. 13 for his two-day Tokyo visit to meet with Hatoyama before attending APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, meetings in Singapore over the weekend.
  13. A supporter of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the former rebels, holds a flag as police men stand guard during a protest in a highway in the out skirts of Katmandu, Nepal,Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Nepal's former rebels protested against the president and government Tuesday, blocking highways leading to the capital and cutting off road access to the city.
  14. Japanese toymaker Ogawa Studios, Inc., staff Tomohisa Kikuchi touches one of rubber face masks of U.S. President Barack Obama while displaying masks of Obama, foreground second from right, First Lady Michelle Obama, right, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second from left, and his wife, Miyuki, in Saitama near Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Obama arrives in Japan Friday, Nov. 13 for his two-day Tokyo visit to meet with Hatoyama before attending APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, meetings in Singapore over the weekend.
  15. Australia's Michael Hussey, right, carries a box with a support staff during a practice session in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Australia will play the seventh one day international cricket match against India tomorrow.
  16. China's President Hu Jintao, right, inspect the guards of honor during an official welcome ceremony at the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.