re: What do the blue angels do in wartime?

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

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They can be made combat ready in 72 hours if shite ever hit the fan.

They just continue practicing all the same.

Basically getting assigned to that unit removes you from being deployed.

It’s kinda like being a drill instructor or recruiter. While you are doing that, you aren’t gonna get deployed

Somewhat related so hopefully not a thread hijack. The spokesman for this group was being interviewed the other day and I wondered how they reconciled this with themselves. This is 2 days after they lost 6 of their Air Force comrades while they flew a combat mission. I get it. The military is a huge complex needing people from all walks of life but signing up to sing or play an instrument, never putting yourself in harm’s way was a mentality I never understood of someone joining the military.

US Air Force singing sergeants