I'm not trying to invoke lots of military branch infighting here, but wanted to offer and observation and see if others had comments. We had our local airshow (ShawFest) at Shw AFB, Sumter, SC today (KSSC). Apart from some great static displays I got to go inside (B1-B Lancer, C-17, etc), the main display was by the Air Force Thunderbirds. Having previously seen the Blue Angels at a couple of air shows in Missouri when I lived there, I was actually pretty disappointed with the Thunderbirds - and the main reason? When the Blue Angels fly, there is literally NO SPACE in between the F-18's (18" I think, but I might be wrong). The Thunderbirds, there were several FEET seperating the planes....we could see daylight in between them. As a personal opinion, give me the Blue Angels anyday!
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