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To: sukhoi-30mki

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.


7 posted on 07/29/2016 6:34:59 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Since the Blue Angels are and always have been marketing and recruitment tools, they should be flying the newest and best of the fleet.

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99.9% of the audience wouldn’t know the difference. As the article indicates the Blue Angels preferred the older aircraft for their agility. They don’t need all the equipment that makes them fighting machines.


15 posted on 07/29/2016 7:17:25 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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