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The pilot will likely be grounded for violating the "no energy toward the crowd rule".
1 posted on 07/16/2026 10:16:21 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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So cool.
One of my friends dads was a marine pilot during Vietnam and he’s go low and fast over the Old Mission . My friend would time is...nuns and kids scattering. but so loud. Sometimes just a boom, other times a roar.


2 posted on 07/16/2026 10:18:33 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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Forty-six second clip of the flyover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrhOjhWmGto

3 posted on 07/16/2026 10:19:55 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Pete Hegseth on X: The flyovers will continue until morale improves.

https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/2077747620500439435


4 posted on 07/16/2026 10:21:05 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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If I knew to expect such a low flyover by our Blue Angels,
I for one would LOVE to be there, see it, hear it and feel the power!


6 posted on 07/16/2026 10:21:57 AM PDT by lee martell
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C,mon.

It was the best of their (the beachgoers) life and they know it.


8 posted on 07/16/2026 10:24:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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” tossed around by the thrust from the jet’s engines”

No, it is the air disruption/displacement of the plane moving through dense air.


9 posted on 07/16/2026 10:24:47 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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sent sunbathers into a frenzy as the specialized US Navy jets flew terrifyingly close to the shore — stirring up clouds of sand and sending beach gear airborne


10 posted on 07/16/2026 10:27:29 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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I remember well those Phantoms coming in as low and as slow as possible and dropping napalm close enough to us where I could feel the heat.


12 posted on 07/16/2026 10:29:22 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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13 posted on 07/16/2026 10:29:34 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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This is the solo sneak pass. A classic maneuver they have done for years.

Some blue hair got their panties in a bunch and posted this as some egregious event.

You wanna see a low pass? Come to El Centro for their winter practice.

17 posted on 07/16/2026 10:33:31 AM PDT by pfflier
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19 posted on 07/16/2026 10:35:48 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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I would have enjoyed that.

No one should complain.

Ignore them!!


22 posted on 07/16/2026 10:36:59 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Whiner.

From the article: "The Blue Angels have been doing the thrilling flyover at Pensacola Beach for 80 years, according to WEAR News — an annual tradition that draws in large crowds to the shoreline."

29 posted on 07/16/2026 10:46:49 AM PDT by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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The pilot needs to be gone from the military by the end of the day. No need for further review. If he commited any crimes then he needs to be held accountable.


30 posted on 07/16/2026 10:46:59 AM PDT by moviefan8
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“thought we were going to be taken out” pussy NY snowbird.


32 posted on 07/16/2026 10:48:09 AM PDT by albie
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“I don’t know...but if I could find the sons of bitches flying those planes, I’d give them each a medal!” Gen. George Patton


39 posted on 07/16/2026 10:55:28 AM PDT by abb
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I posted this on another board. This was LOWWWWWW. https://x.com/ABC/status/2077541760507748749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2077580450604740988%7Ctwgr%5Eea6c62abe679c2a0149532db5de004bfd9fbdc5e%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.fifthquarter.net%2Fthreads%2Fthe-pit-of-misery-politics-and-religion.2602%2Fpage-695
41 posted on 07/16/2026 10:57:18 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Memories were created.


42 posted on 07/16/2026 10:57:23 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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“All our tents got knocked down…it was worth it. It was awesome,” she added.

Marriage material right there, boys.

43 posted on 07/16/2026 10:57:51 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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I was at Jax Beach for a Blue Angels flyover many years ago. They flew right down the beach about 100 ft out. It was great!


44 posted on 07/16/2026 10:58:06 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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