diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go
index 148ddbc688..4c5d934dea 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-const MaxDescribeTagsAttempts = 30
-const MaxCreateTagsAttempts = 30
+const MaxDescribeTagsAttempts = 60
+const MaxCreateTagsAttempts = 60
 
 type AWSCloud struct {
 	EC2         *ec2.EC2
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/executor.go b/upup/pkg/fi/executor.go
index 03bcae9c5e..2356b258ae 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/executor.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/executor.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 )
 
 type executor struct {
@@ -65,12 +66,15 @@ func (e *executor) RunTasks(taskMap map[string]Task) error {
 		}
 
 		progress := false
-		var errors []error
 
-		// TODO: Fork/join execution here
+		var tasks []*taskState
 		for _, ts := range canRun {
-			glog.V(2).Infof("Executing task %q: %v\n", ts.key, ts.task)
-			err := ts.task.Run(e.context)
+			tasks = append(tasks, ts)
+		}
+
+		errors := e.forkJoin(tasks)
+		for i, err := range errors {
+			ts := tasks[i]
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Warningf("error running task %q: %v", ts.key, err)
 				errors = append(errors, err)
@@ -104,3 +108,27 @@ func (e *executor) RunTasks(taskMap map[string]Task) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+type runnable func() error
+
+func (e *executor) forkJoin(tasks []*taskState) []error {
+	if len(tasks) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	results := make([]error, len(tasks))
+	for i := 0; i < len(tasks); i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(ts *taskState, index int) {
+			results[index] = fmt.Errorf("function panic")
+			defer wg.Done()
+			glog.V(2).Infof("Executing task %q: %v\n", ts.key, ts.task)
+			results[index] = ts.task.Run(e.context)
+		}(tasks[i], i)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	return results
+}
diff --git a/upup/pkg/kutil/delete_cluster.go b/upup/pkg/kutil/delete_cluster.go
index 572433532a..699e92b6f6 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/kutil/delete_cluster.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/kutil/delete_cluster.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kube-deploy/upup/pkg/fi"
 	"k8s.io/kube-deploy/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -195,6 +196,8 @@ func (c *DeleteCluster) DeleteResources(resources map[string]DeletableResource)
 
 	done := make(map[string]DeletableResource)
 
+	var mutex sync.Mutex
+
 	// Initial pass to check that resources actually exist
 	for k, r := range resources {
 		hs, ok := r.(HasStatus)
@@ -260,22 +263,39 @@ func (c *DeleteCluster) DeleteResources(resources map[string]DeletableResource)
 				break
 			}
 
-			// TODO: Parallel delete?
+			var wg sync.WaitGroup
 			for k, r := range phase {
-				fmt.Printf("Deleting resource %s:  ", k)
-				err := r.Delete(c.Cloud)
-				if err != nil {
-					if IsDependencyViolation(err) {
-						fmt.Printf("still has dependencies, will retry\n")
-					} else {
-						fmt.Printf("error deleting resource, will retry: %v\n", err)
-					}
+				wg.Add(1)
+
+				go func(k string, r DeletableResource) {
+					mutex.Lock()
 					failed[k] = r
-				} else {
-					fmt.Printf(" ok\n")
-					done[k] = r
-				}
+					mutex.Unlock()
+
+					defer wg.Done()
+					glog.V(4).Infof("Deleting resource %s:  ", k)
+					err := r.Delete(c.Cloud)
+					if err != nil {
+						mutex.Lock()
+						if IsDependencyViolation(err) {
+							fmt.Printf("%s\tstill has dependencies, will retry\n", k)
+							glog.V(4).Infof("API call made when had dependency %s", k)
+						} else {
+							fmt.Printf("%s\terror deleting resource, will retry: %v\n", k, err)
+						}
+						failed[k] = r
+						mutex.Unlock()
+					} else {
+						mutex.Lock()
+						fmt.Printf("%s\tok\n", k)
+
+						delete(failed, k)
+						done[k] = r
+						mutex.Unlock()
+					}
+				}(k, r)
 			}
+			wg.Wait()
 		}
 
 		if len(resources) == len(done) {
@@ -696,6 +716,9 @@ func (r *DeletableInternetGateway) Delete(cloud fi.Cloud) error {
 		}
 		_, err := c.EC2.DetachInternetGateway(request)
 		if err != nil {
+			if IsDependencyViolation(err) {
+				return err
+			}
 			return fmt.Errorf("error detaching InternetGateway %q: %v", r.ID, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -716,6 +739,7 @@ func (r *DeletableInternetGateway) Delete(cloud fi.Cloud) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
 func (r *DeletableInternetGateway) String() string {
 	return "InternetGateway:" + r.ID
 }