"gizmo-goddard" wrote...

In fact, the Angels flew Grummans until the F-4
replaced the F-11F Tigers about 1969.

And they're still flying Grumman. Although the Tomcat is supposed to be on
it's way out eventually, it has served as the Navy's front-line fighter for
longer than any other aircraft.

Umm... The Blue Angels are flying the [pre-Boeing] McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18
Hornet. They never flew the F-14 Tomcat.

That means they've been flying McDonnell-Douglas since about 1969 -- F-4 -
A-4 - F/A-18!