[Yo-Yo]

Defence Blog doesn't allow hotlinking, so your pics don't show up for the rest of us.

The Marine Corps are so desperate for F/A-19C/Ds that they're taking them from the Blue Angels.

[doorgunner69]

I could swear some FReeper stated a few years back that the navy would not allow the Blues to get the Super Hornet as it was a front line fighter.

The added thrust should make them great to watch and hear.

[PAR35]

In what language was this originally written? Google translate usually does a little bit better job.

Boeing has received a $17 million contract for convert nine F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft for Blue Angels flight demonstration team, said in the statement of the U.S. Department of Defense on 13 August

[TalBlack]

Geez, isn’t this going to involve learning a whole new set of muscle memory?.

[Tallguy]

*The F/A-18 Hornets they fly are combat-ready aircraft that are constantly updated to meet the latest demands on the battlefield.*

Not what has been written elsewhere. Blue Angels demonstration aircraft are usually stripped of combat systems to make them lighter and therefore achieve better acceleration than their fleet counterparts.

It’s also been said that they get the leftovers.