I think it was after that crash we could no longer go out next to the taxiways when the aircraft were performing.
The year before, saw some amazing things by the Blue Angels and previous year by the Thunderbirds (or vice-versa) up good and close.
Both engines seem to be coming apart, there.
Yeah, probably as a result of significant FOD ingestion, probably of chunks of runway tarmac and tree branches, according to the accident description.
“I think it was after that crash we could no longer go out next to the taxiways when the aircraft were performing.”
The US has almost always had more restrictions on air shows than other countries.