"John R Weiss" wrote in message
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"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!

My bad. I mis-read Orval's post and didn't recognized that it was limited to
the Blue Angels. I guess that I took the head fake because the original post
was about the Navy in general.

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Gizmo