What do the blue angels do in wartime?

Do they use those planes in war? I thought they were essentially the Harlem Globetrotters of military airplanes.

They are a demonstration team. It’s a duty station. They rotate in from their squadrons for a year, stay with the team for a training and demo season, then rotate back out to their squadrons after the season is over.

Pretty crazy they’d send them to combat status as a squadron called the blue angels. No opfor would want to see that fricking group coming.

the Blue Angels pilots haven't fought since Korea, but most were elite fighters prior to becoming a blue angels


I saw an ad last week and with the war, I looked it up

You are dumb.

They become special ops planes like in Top Gun 2.

They just cut grass in the Naval yard service.

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Get higher and higher straight up they climb

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I just took my Citizen Blue Angels watch out to charge up today.

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They rotate in from their squadrons for a year

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They are there for 2 years. 6 piliots all together. Each year 3 stay, 3 leave and 3 new are added. They do this so there are experienced show pilots to train the 3 new ones who join the team.

I’ll let you in on a little secret. The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds both - most of their maneuvers have nothing to do with aerial combat missions. They are for show.

Are they precise and good pilots? Absolutely.

Are they the best combat pilots?
Not necessarily.

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Pretty crazy they’d send them to combat status as a squadron called the blue angels. No opfor would want to see that fricking group coming.

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Would be pretty funny to see ole Jihadi's face when the formation came in tight and dropped some freedom seeds on his favorite goat.