Navy clears Blue Angels pilot
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No one from the Blue Angels flight demonstration team will be reprimanded or face punishment after Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said there was “no problem” with a low-altitude pass made Wednesday above Pensacola Beach,
Pete Hegseth and Trump allies reacted after video showed Blue Angels jets making a low pass over Pensacola Beach during the annual flyover event.
The commander of the Navy’s demonstration team said the recent beach pass went closer to the ground than intended.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sticking to encouraging low-altitude military flyovers after a fighter jet buzzed a Florida beach during a show this week, raising new scrutiny after the Pentagon has dismissed a series of safety reviews of such flights.
The spectacle both thrilled and rattled many of the beachgoers who lined the shoreline to watch the display by the elite U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Blue Angels. The squadron said in a statement to media outlets that it “is aware of social media footage showing a low-altitude pass by a team aircraft over Pensacola Beach.