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Originally Posted by tycho102
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Originally Posted by JALU3
although they are suppose to be a battle ready unit, I would suppose they would only be used for CAP as they haven't had an upgrade to the new weapon systems . . . or could they handle a significant payload (the flaws of YF-17).
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They're "battle ready" like New Orleans is "hurricane ready". |
The term "battle ready" would refer to the pilots not the performance aircraft I think. Blue Angel pilots are all fully qualified combat pilots who are recruited from the Navys air arm and will go back to sea duty once their tour with the Angels is over. To those guys getting ready for battle is as simple as getting out of one cockpit and getting into another.