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"John Miller" wrote in message
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John wrote:
For the F-35, the initial operational capability (IOC) is set for 2010
for the USMC, USAF IOC is set for 2011 and Navy IOC is set for 2012, so
it may be quite a while before the Blue Angels transition to the F-35.

...which brings up an interesting *angle*...for you fellows who have
been blessed with stick time in several high-performance Naval aircraft,
what do you think would be an ideal Blue Angel plane -- of any age -- if
you took away the politics, that is, the need to showcase the "latest
and greatest?"

I'd vote for whatever was most maneuvable with the ability to accelerate
straight up, although I really don't have a candidate in mind.

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John Miller
Seven years in P'cola in the '60s and '70s