Looks Like the Thunderbird's and Blue Angels are Scheduling Shows Again

MikeD said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again: NOTHING good comes out of a flyby anymore. At BEST, you break even. Normally, and especially these days, you will lose.
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A couple of years ago, a Prowler crew got in serious hot water after they buzzed Midway Island, now an uninhabited nature refuge. Probably kept their skipper from making CAG.
 
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Derg said:
We need warm bodies. Airshows are fantastic marketing.

if not for the air show at Lemoore, I probably wouldn't have gotten into aviation. And you all would be sitting there disenfranchised after reading how tttttttrble the business is over at flightinfo.com
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Hacker15e said:
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The January '14 issue of MOAA magazine has an interesting article about how the Pentagon has changed its tune regarding personnel costs. Went from the 30% figure you cited above to nearly 50% with no apparent reason. It seems the brass are employing the same scare tactics as the politicians they're seemingly trying to emulate.
 
Outstanding! The Blues and T-Birds give back...P-cola Beach airshow, due to mainly to the Blues, profits P-cola $3 million in one day. Great recruitment tool as well.
 
Seggy said:
It's all weak sauce. Only thing that's happening in these pics are a bunch of jets, flying in straight lines, in VFR conditions.


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You have no idea, as usual, wtf you're talking about. Every fly form, four plane, anything high speed, over the top, etc? You mentioned soldiering as well, you have any idea about soldiering? You hide your obvious disdain for the military behind some sort of self-righteous, lets give it back to the vets, the VA hospitals, etc but I don't believe your BS for a moment. Have some balls and just say it vice trying to have the appearance of you "care". My guess is some of your hostility comes from you were a wannabe that never could. Your posts reek of it.
 
Hacker15e said:
Mostly what you said in that last line. There are lots of reasons for it, but AF culture has evolved to the point where, currently, absolute compliance with written instruction is more important than airmanship, judgment, or even common sense. In fact, it is even worse than that, because the "culture of conservative" even means that even something that is not against the rules, but is not explicitly authorized, trained to, and has explicit approval from the chain of command is treated the same way.

Knowing all of the parties involved, the flight lead got off light and the wingmen got hammered far beyond any actual culpability or deserve...all basically to "send a message".
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If you remember, two Hornet pilots got FNAEB'd for their low Georgia Tech flyover a few years back as well. They got a B2 as I recall, couldn't fly anymore but kept wings.
 
bunk22 said:
Outstanding! The Blues and T-Birds give back...P-cola Beach airshow, due to mainly to the Blues, profits P-cola $3 million in one day. Great recruitment tool as well.
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For $30 million a year, the Blues are damn worth it in my mind. Beyond their value in recruiting and public education, airshows are the primary funding for many service-related charities.
 
bunk22 said:
If you remember, two Hornet pilots got FNAEB'd for their low Georgia Tech flyover a few years back as well. They got a B2 as I recall, couldn't fly anymore but kept wings.
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It's only a matter of time before a pilot refuses a Captains Mast and takes his chance with a court martial.
 
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A Life Aloft said:
Here you go Seggy.....this will make you happy............we'll just give the teams a couple of these to ride in.....


" They travel in a Silver Eagle, with eight rooms and a shower. And every Sunday afternoon you can tune them in on the dooright hour! "

Sorry, but it was the perfect picture for a Ray Stevens reference.


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and give them a small fleet of these to fly....


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Minuteman said:
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I don't think that the USAFADS currently makes this claim, but back in the 80s they had a "secret identity" as an operational fighter squadron and claimed they could turn the jets into combat capable shooters in 72 hours.

Looks like that's what they're exercising in these photos.
 
Here's a quick happy-snap of a 1983 promo magazine (the first season with the F-16) that I bought at a T-Birds show, the page talking about the theoretical dual combat-capable role.

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