August 1, 2025Aug 1 1 hour ago, ClearedHot said: Blue Angels epically trolled the nitwit in Cali who is suing them. Legends!!
22 hours ago22 hr Pete will likely intervene and end said review.Yahoo NewsNavy's Blue Angels investigate after video shows low flyo...The Blue Angels said an aircraft "flew lower than standard profiles, resulting in a disturbance on the beach that affected civilian chairs and umbrellas."
21 hours ago21 hr The locals are cheering it, they want more. Carry on Patriots, until someone gets killed. 500 knots, 90 degrees of bank at 70' AGL. I hope to god the Boss is professional enough to know this was a major F'up!
20 hours ago20 hr Author Yup. Military has been conditioned to punish anything even close to bending vol 3 over the last couple of decades. Previous cases under this admin have been just dudes doing non standard stuff in a 'everything is recorded' era. Nothing jumped out to me as dangerous. This on the other hand was nuts. Lets find a happy medium. Impossible i know.
15 hours ago15 hr Civilian leadership is absolutely setting the conditions to make it nearly impossible to hold blatant and wanton lapses in airmanship accountable. All anyone will have to do is post on social media to garner attention from on high, say, "But the public loved it!" and "What about the Blue Angels", thereby garnering a public pardon of sorts. I would not want to be a commander right now if a true case of buffoonery occurred. Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by Muscle2002
11 hours ago11 hr I'd imagine there being "no reprimands" does not mean there won't be some safety review and additional training for said bro involved? Commanders have previously been fired for WAY less....
11 hours ago11 hr 3 minutes ago, sketch2 said:I'd imagine there being "no reprimands" does not mean there won't be some safety review and additional training for said bro involved?Commanders have previously been fired for WAY less....That’s until someone complains to Pete on X and the CoC gets fired. No commander is risking their career over that.
2 hours ago2 hr A few more details as I live here and it has been the main topic of conversation in the news and social media. This was not even a demo flight, it was a fam flight in preparation for the airshow this weekend.The jet that did the flyover was #3, NOT the solo. Important because he was not running down the showline, just trying to do an impromptu flyby as part of the rejoin and he obviously overshot the crowd line.The Boss did a local interview where he stated (paraphrasing), "it was a mistake, it was debriefed, we are moving forward with the show."One of the troubling comments came from another local press interview with #4 who said (again paraphrasing), "we are not backing off, push it up for the show this weekend."A few friends I flew with (all Navs I will point out), told me I am talking like an old guy, it was cool. I simply replied - "there is a reasons I am old guy." I FULLY understand he made a mistake and long ago I adopted the leadership tactic of a senior leader I think a lot of..."we should not electrocute an Airman over a single mistake." This is a debreif item, not an FEB or some other punishment. HOWEVER, we should not celebrate breeches or mistakes and cheer the outcome. As folks like @disgruntledemployee, such actions will only fan the flames and encourage the next guy to go lower/fast/inverted.
1 hour ago1 hr Really wondered how you guys would assess and all I could think about is a few things:Using "Hooyah" un-ironically should be grounds for firing. The video of the B52 doing manoeuvers and crashing. Hoping it doesn't come to that before this admin is over.
46 minutes ago46 min Big difference between a new guy making a mistake and someone who should know better.
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