2017 US Navy Blue Angels/USAF Thunderbirds Joint Training
2017 US Navy Blue Angels/USAF Thunderbirds Joint Training
The USAF Thunderbirds are visiting NAS Pensacola and the US Navy Blue Angels for a few days this week to look at how each team functions and trade tips! Both teams have posted some great stuff from the meetup on their social media pages, and I'll try to embed much of it here in this thread.
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Several members of each team got to fly with the other one. Each team performed over the base earlier today.
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Several members of each team got to fly with the other one. Each team performed over the base earlier today.
https://www.facebook.com/USNavyBlueAnge ... 304132516/
https://www.facebook.com/USNavyBlueAnge ... 470778766/
https://www.facebook.com/USNavyBlueAnge ... 140775199/
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The teams also took over each other's Instagram accounts for the day, posting photos and videos of the flying. These shots of the pilots getting rides were particularly interesting. For the record, the Blue Angels did wear G-suits when flying with the Thunderbirds (they normally perform without them), and the Thunderbirds did not wear G-suits when flying with the Blues.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTT6UePj87M ... underbirds
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTT40s9lQal ... blueangels
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTUW_bclqAc ... blueangels
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTUqL19jUgT ... underbirds
At the end of it, a rare joint team photo!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTT6UePj87M ... underbirds
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTT40s9lQal ... blueangels
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTUW_bclqAc ... blueangels
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTUqL19jUgT ... underbirds
At the end of it, a rare joint team photo!
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Ryan Sundheimer
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The teams will be flying together over the beach this afternoon! The Blues will practice at 11:30am and the joint flight is targeted for 3pm.
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Article from the Navy Times: https://www.navytimes.com/articles/blue ... t-training
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Updated flyover time is 4pm per the Blues.
https://twitter.com/BlueAngels/status/8 ... 9192908800
https://twitter.com/BlueAngels/status/8 ... 9192908800
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A few cool pics I found on Twitter
https://twitter.com/CourtneySweeden/sta ... 0051004416
https://twitter.com/BlueAngels/status/8 ... 9342620672
https://twitter.com/AFThunderbirds/stat ... 2202314753
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