Thank you Barack Hussein Soetoro 0dinga Soebarkah Gofukyourself 0bama, you worthless piece of dog turd.
Seems reasonable.
Since the Blue Angels are and always have been marketing and recruitment tools, they should be flying the newest and best of the fleet. Amazing that they took so long to upgrade.
Still waiting for the cost benefit documentation that shows it is worthwhile to spend this money.
What are the specific benefits?
How many new recruits come in and at what cost?
Is this the best use of dollars?
I remember seeing them when I was a wee lad at the Selfridge ANG base airshow. I think it was Skyhawks at the time. Also got to see an A7, and other treats. Made me want to be a pilot when I grew up.
A combination of aging airframes that need more TLC, difficulty finding parts that are no longer manufactured, and budget cuts have left Navy and Marine Corps Hornet squadrons struggling.
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A president who hates America has left them struggling.
After learning that 10% of Blue Angel pilots have died in accidents, I no longer enjoy the shows. It’s frankly immoral to ask some of our finest people to take chances like that for any purpose short of outright combat with the enemy. Much less entertainment.
Looks like they changed the name of by beloved Corps after I retired...
Any lower and he’s gonna have to put his gear down.
Never saw them fly the F-4. That would have been a hoot, hard to imagine that big honker doing what they do. The little A-4 was not much fun for sound and spectacle, but they sure could fly tight and close.
This is supposed to be a good thing? the Superbug has a worse thrust to weight ration than the original Hornet.