The Defenders of Freedom Air Show thrills, Omaha Fashion Week inspires and Friday night lights kick off in the World-Herald Week in Pictures: Aug. 20-26, 2012.

Staff Sgt. Brian Karst looks out over the landscape and clouds as the U.S. Army’s Golden Knight’s Gold Team debates whether to jump during the Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. The group wasn’t able to jump in the morning because of cloud cover. RYAN SODERLIN/THE WORLD-HERALD
See last week’s pictures: World-Herald Week in Pictures: Aug. 13-19, 2012.





