The Blue angels do not increase nor decrease the Navys inventory of aircraft , pilots or maintenience personell.
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Yeah, right. They cannot be used for defense of this country. They are set up for stunts.
It is not the only thing that should be axed, but it is close to the silliest. Probably the huge number of military marching bands are sillier.
Again, NO ONE is going to cut the budget by 10%.
You are thinking of the Snowbirds, the Canadian team .
Snowbirds Aerobatics Team landing at CYYZThey are flying aircraft no longer suited to combat, but they do a good show.
Our "stunt " aircraft can be converted to combat aircraft in a few hours, the wepons they are not carrying are bolt on.
I guess they could be flown into combat in gaudy paint , if time was short.
The sequestration is accomplished already, NO ONE , will want credit for it but an across the board cut , done automaticly is the only way to ensure everyones Ox is equally gored.
To prevent sequestration co-operative action is required, looks to me as if this will only happen, if at all , right at the brink.