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re: Blue Angels Pilot Removed from Team

Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:19 pm to
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
80929 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:19 pm to
quote:

For what? Beach flyovers and a handful of airshows?


You realize they are qualified airmen as well?
Posted by DarkDrifter
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
6211 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:21 pm to
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Admiral's daughter.


Penny Benjamin...
Posted by ajr1215
Denham Springs
Member since Aug 2007
88 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:23 pm to
Carnal knowledge...of a LADY this time!
Posted by DarkDrifter
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
6211 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:29 pm to
quote:

Carnal knowledge...of a LADY this time!


On the premises
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7702 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:44 pm to
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Gemini says it costs $40M / year to fund them. For what? Beach flyovers and a handful of airshows?
To recruit kids to join the military thinking they will be badass Blue Angels pilots but will end up only be lowly grunts who might get the opportunity to die in someone else’s war?
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10124 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:46 pm to
Of course it's the Marine lol
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 3:46 pm
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10124 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:47 pm to
quote:

The Blue Angels are an incredible waste of money. Gemini says it costs $40M / year to fund them. For what? Beach flyovers and a handful of airshows?

It's a HUGE recruiting and PR tool, and whether or not you like it, those things matter.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
47423 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:48 pm to
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The Blue Angels are an incredible waste of money.

Gemini says it costs $40M / year to fund them. For what? Beach flyovers and a handful of airshows?

shite like this is why our debt is out of control.

Disband them and sell the planes to Bukele cheap.


Oh shut the frick up you limp wristed fagg0t.
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 3:49 pm
Posted by Sharlo
Van down by the river.
Member since Oct 2021
1904 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:51 pm to
quote:

Oh shut the frick up you limp wristed fagg0t.


Wow. You talk tough behind that keyboard.
Posted by Sharlo
Van down by the river.
Member since Oct 2021
1904 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:52 pm to
quote:

You realize they are qualified airmen as well?


Great. Let them fly the other zillion planes we pay for.
Posted by Sharlo
Van down by the river.
Member since Oct 2021
1904 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:54 pm to
quote:

It's a HUGE recruiting and PR tool, and whether or not you like it, those things matter.


Meh. I don't buy that.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10124 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:00 pm to
You can buy it or not, I don't care. It's right though.
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10918 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

To recruit kids to join the military thinking they will be badass Blue Angels pilots but will end up only be lowly grunts who might get the opportunity to die in someone else’s war?


Ahh. Let me guess…

Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
80929 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

Great. Let them fly the other zillion planes we pay for.


Just curious.

You are saying you would rather them train in more expensive to operate and maintain equipment to keep their qualifications.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10124 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:01 pm to
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You are saying you would rather them train in more expensive to operate and maintain equipment to keep their qualifications.

He has no idea what he's talking about, just tripling and quadrupling down anyways bc this is the internet
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
80929 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:03 pm to
I understand the sentiment. It would save money to remove the program.

It is a hard argument to make and one of the last things on the list to argue against.
Posted by Shut Up Mulllet
Member since Apr 2021
1053 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 4:38 pm to
I thought that at one time too…
Before I saw them. That show is power-full.
Make me yell America!
The country needs that right now. Cut off some welfare funding to pay for it.
Let the white folks have their fun. We are paying for it.
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