Blue Angels Transition from Legacy Hornets to Super Hornets
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- The U.S. Navy #BlueAngels are transitioning from Legacy Hornets to F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets. Hear from Capt. Eric Doyle on what this historic evolution means for the fleet.
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The guy who first conceived of the Blue Angels' color scheme, lettering and logo design on the fuselage is a genius! The most beautiful jets flying the skies!
I can remember the first time I saw the Blue Angels perform was in 1973 at Selfridge ANGB, Michigan. At the time the Blue Angels flew the A-4 Skyhawk, and the were just magnificent. I remember their team leader was Captain Casey Jones. I also remember sitting in the cockpit of a two-seat F-106, as well as sitting in the pilot's seat of a KC-97 tanker flown by the Arizona Air National Guard. My first, and best air show!
anyone notice the name on the left side at the cockpit? Butch Voris, the first CO of the Blues in 1946.
Nice catch! It'd be awesome if they could do a photoshoot with a Hellcat or Bearcat to celebrate 75 years.
this looks *angelic*
Haha nice
And bluish
I've seen the Angels with the F4, A4 and F18A and i loved the A4's the most
Sad to see the Legacy Hornet retire from the Navy fleet. Long live the Legacy Hornet.
I got to see the Blue Angels last year for the first time, little did I know it would be the one and only time I'd see the Legacys. Amazing show.
just saw a legacy Hornet coming into land the other day here in Saskatoon CF18 still in use by Canadian Forces ( i assume was in transition to CFB Cold Lake )
@@joefahrenschon2437 used to hear them ripping around the skies up North here by la ronge.
Because short range, poor bring back capability, and a lower G- rating are....uh...a good thing?
I love the F/A-18s. They were sleek and sexy, but I'm also realistic about it. It was...um...not optimum for carrier use.
The Blue Hornets have been my favorite live airshow team for many years. I'm 71 and look forward to seeing them in Southern Michigan as often as possible. A retired Marine, I might be slightly prejudiced. I rode Sea Night helicopters off the deck of LPH-10 Tripoli into battle missions all around DaNang 67'-68'. Got my fixed and rotary wing Commercial Licenses years later. Ooorah Marines/Go Navy.
Go YOU! Thank you for your service, sir!
Blue Angels. They fly Hornets.
End of an era for the Legacy.
Looking forward to seeing the Super.
Good thing the Rhinos are here. Navy will stick to older 4th gen jets for longer, but AF is starting to slowly phase out the older F16 and F15 for the new F35. Don't get me wrong, F35 is great, but the 4th gen guys are classic. But the 4th gen jets were the best ever created, so they will remain in all the branches for years to come.
@TheEpicBirb Of course! It’s always great to share information with others, that’s one of the great things about the internet.
The New Super Hornets look Fantastic!👍👏
Glad you are doing this for The Blues they are my favorite team. GO BLUES!
I remember the MAC demons flying around the St Louis area in the fifties. And the early F-4's flying up the Miss River just north of St Louis. Amazing stuff. After college I worked at MAC for 3 yrs in the Adv Fab Facility in the late sixties. We did some neat stuff. Space shuttle ablation tests, titanium diffusion bonding and electron beam welding. Great experience.
Bitter sweet. I love both
I believe Blue Angel Number 1, is the same aircraft used in the new Top Gun 2 movie as the Hero jet
I heard an F that was in Behind Enemy Lines is also joining the team. Pretty neat.
@@J_JetClips Really? Cause that one is a 2 seater aircraft
@@F22raptor46 The blues use both single and 2 seat models
@@chrisbrackin9678 Yes I know that, I just didn't know they actually took the two seat version from the one that flew in that movie
@@chrisbrackin9678 Yeah but the single seat jets are used in the demo and the 2 seat jets are used as spare and media flight jets.
I'm looking forward to seeing the U.S. Blue Angels in the Super Hornets, thanks for sharing this with the audience.
I'm looking forward to seeing *anything* at this point...
@@Enid2Sacramento Same here because I have gotten way behind on my airshows due to Coronavirus,I normally attend 12 airshows a year and this year only one,so 2021 I got to make good.
I love the folding wings on the Super. It's going to make for a cool ground show if they incorporate them into it.
You know you're getting old when it seems like they just left the A-4.
I remember when they flew the F-4 Phantoms....
@@patriotastronomer6780 me also, my first airshow at now closed Johnsville N.A.D.C Warminster Pa then moving 3 miles up the road to Willow Grove N.A.S. also.closed.
@@patriotastronomer6780 I remember their F11F Tigers that used to grace the screen during the Nation Anthem every night just before the TV went to the test pattern.
Yep. First time I saw them they were flying A-4s. NAS Millington. '84.
@@stanstenson8168 NAS Millington, now there is a flashback to training I received back in 1989 into 1990 in the Navy.
Boeing F18s.. Superior production, great avionics, WINNER..!! F/A-18F
Those tailored blue suits look a little tight! LOL.
0:40 So sad to hear McDonnel called Boeing.
They've been Boeing now for 23 years.
@@stevencramsie9172 I've got nothing against Boeing, but it's difficult for me to identify it as nothing else than "the" big plane builder (even if they made small planes in the far past). Just to make a parallel: would you call "Audi" a Lamborghini? Sounds weird, doesn't it?
@@andreamassara590 I wouldn’t call an Audi a Lamborghini because both makes still exist, they just happen to share a parent company. In the case of McDonnel Douglas, they were completely absorbed into Boeing with the latter only retaining MD’s “speed bird” logo
@@stevencramsie9172 "Boring": Freudian lapse? Nice word pun.
@@andreamassara590 autocorrect. Fixed!
Why all those thumbs down/dislikes?!
I don't get it...👎🏼🤐
Beautiful video! LIKED! 👍🏼😉
The Super Hornets look awesome as Blue Angels! 👏🏼😍 Go Angels! ✌🏼😎
gotta love the blue angels
To hear that Capt. Doyle expects the F-18's to be used as Blue Angels for another 25 years is amazing. I would have expected for another, newer plane to take the F-18's place long before another 25 years passes. We will see.....The F-18's are an incredible plane for the Blue Angels, but I saw the great F-4's put on their show back in the 70's and they are still my favorite Blue Angel.
The Marine Corp gets the hand-me-downs of the Navy. The Blue's get the Hand-Me-Downs of the Marine Corps. So even if a new better jet came out today, it will be another 20 years before they "might" transition. How long have the Super hornets been around? (First flight of E/F was 1995) And the Blues are JUST NOW getting them. Turning in the A, B, C and D models for the E and F models. 25 years AFTER they were introduced
@@jollyrogerhobbies2386 thanks for that info., I didn't know how that worked. It sure seems odd, doesn't it, that as great a recruiting tool that the Angels are that they don't keep up with the newer planes, but as I think about it they never have. I saw them with the F-4's in the early 70's when the F-4 was already about 15 years old ( which really wasn't that old). But the F-18 is still a gorgeous plane and to see and hear them close overhead in a show is still incredible, especially when they kick in the afterburners...Oh Yea..!!
@@marbleman52 You say it is odd that they do not keep up with the newer models. But think of it this way, they are a Demonstration Team. The aircraft they use have all the unnecessary components removed like the ones for war ie missile racks, avionics (for missions) etc. All they need is the Airframe. There is a tight budget, especially now in the military. All the high performance high quality ready fighter planes go to where they are needed, the front lines. The older aging planes go to the back where the Blue's are. Now that being said, this does NOT mean that they are bad aircraft, worn out, useless or anything like that. They are very well maintained and safe. However they are just not suitable for combat anymore. This happens to all branches of the military. The back lines is where old aircraft go, where there are used in many ways; Demonstration teams, training bases and avionic and mechanic schools etc.
And oh when those 18's engines scream, you cover your ears and feel it hit your chest. Yes sir!
@@jollyrogerhobbies2386 Yes, I did start by wondering why the "latest & greatest" planes were not Blue Angels, but then I reasoned it out. But I appreciate how you elaborated on the process...good information. I saw the Angels at Pensacola a few years ago and it was a thrill to have a couple of them go right over our heads at afterburner. Oh yea, chest thumping sound..!!
@@marbleman52 HvxgibogrbedhdDoiehy 9822@\*&_&4:6(&$ fu
How long after an air demonstration does your body hurt? Is it only during the actual G force that it’s uncomfortable, or do your organs still feel it on the ground?
Have I been retired that long, so long that the CO of the Blue Angels served his entire career in F/A-18s? (I served most of my career in A-6 Intruders, with a brief interlude in A-7E Corsair IIs.)
Thank you for your service!
You flew the A-7? That's kickass, man. One of the closest thing anyone could get to flying a Vought F-8 Crusader...
I was still a teen when the Blues were flying A4s, so yeah you've been out a while. :)
@@Tigershark_3082 Not flew, tinkered with. I was an avionics tech.
The Blues transitioned to the F/A-18 in 1986, just a few years after the plane hit the fleet.
I hope 2021 to be able to watch The Blue Angels 2020 just hasn't been good for much of anything.
End of an era for the Legacy.
Looking forward to seeing the Super!
Navy Salute 🇺🇸
Oh yeah! Been waiting for this to happen for a long time!
Love Blue Angels ❤️
So nice!!!
Sweet i didnt think it would ever happen
Honestly I prefer the A-4's
The first time I saw the Blue Angels, in the early 80's, they were flying the A-4. The F-18's are nice but I have to agree with your A-4 preference.
F-4
@@mrandrossguy9871 I'm surprised they could see out of the F-4 well enough to fly in close formation.
Scott Ferguson The A-4 was a surprisingly great warplane but I like the Hornet's look better.
I saw the A-4's in Smyrna TN in 1984. Much better show than all the F-18 shows I've seen since 2016.
Another 75 years for the Blue Angels!!
Would've been nice to see a little more of the aircraft itself
Go see them at an airshow
@@WarrenAAndrews When this whole covid thing is over I'll definitely go see them. Anyways my point was: the title says they're transitioning to super hornets but barely show them.
You ought to post this on Rumble. We don't have any airplanes over there and would sure like to see some.
Great step forward. Now, if the Navy will allow the Angels to fly these craft to their full potential. .....
Boeing Cecil? That’s a new one on me. I flew out of NAS Cecil Field for 8 years in the Corsair and then the Hornet. I was sad to see that station close as a Master Jet Base.
Still very much in use by Boeing and NAVSUP for retrofit work. I know P-8s go there for pattern work.
Very cool to see Butch's name on a Super!! I'm guessing they will fly it nxt season for the 75th. Awesome!!
Awesome
GO NAVY!!!
I'm gonna miss the legacy hornet 😔
Me too. Great looking aircraft that has served well.
What about Thunderbirds?? Will they transit to a new jets like Blue Angels?? F-16V or F-35A maybe??
Aw beautiful
75 years blue angels, 52 years for the 737. Time for some modern technology.
The Blue Angels are a team, not a technology. ;-) They haven't been flying Hornets for 75 years.
F-ing Awesome!
This is the 610th Boeing video... You know what it reminds me of yep lion air 610
how far out of the way did you have to go with that? You are just doing that to relate to old problems...
@@ktjmitchell7722 sorry but that number will always remind me of that flight, i love boeing and i hope they will get out of the max crisis
Alright, fair enough
aw yea baby
Just a beautiful bird!
Were these the really early block jets, or did they have their pizza box IFF removed?
It's interesting that I saw this video today (11/13/2020), because our local aviation museum received the #5 solo F/A-18 today, flown to us from NAS Pensacola. I was present at our airport (where the museum is located) for its arrival. I am looking forward to seeing the Super Hornet perform.
She flew herself there, and I hope to find a video of it!
Those are some tight uniforms
I see now the Blue Angels Jets have the folding wing tips on them just like the Carrier based ones.
It would be cool to see those in action before and after the demo's on the ground.
They always did.
Beautiful Blue Angels airplane ✈️🇺🇸. Great video 👍👌👏
They will be flying the single-seated Super Hornets right? So that would mean the E variant?
We will deliver a mix of F/A-18 E and F Super Hornet Blue Angels. The Blue Angels decide which aircraft to fly in training and during their show season.
Yes
Both BlueAngels And Thunderbirds have 2seater options
Two seater generally flies with the Angels as the No.7 jet. The ex-WSO seat is useful for taking all kinds of in-flight photos and movies.
@@Boeing The E and F Super Hornets that the Blue Angels will now be flying are aircraft that have been retired from Fleet Squadrons rather than newly manufactured Super Hornets straight from the Boeing production line. Can you give us an estimate of the number of flight hours and years service life each one of these airframes has on it before they were reconditioned and repainted to fly as Blue Angels? I have loved watching the Blues' flying ever since I was at AOCS and flight training in Pensacola 40 years ago.
If this doesn't fire ya up, your woods wet! The best of the best!
If only you built your passenger airplanes with the same perfection to the last detail
Update you’re b737, thats my favorite plane
you know about the 737 MAX right?
F-18 A-D. BA 1973-2021. Amazing
1983-2021, you mean.
@@pfink70 thank God somebody finally caught my intentional error
I'm super curious to hear what the Blue Angels think about what flight characteristics there are between the Legacy Hornet and the Super Hornet.
@B 132 quite harsh to call a “definite downgrade” for a guess
I read an article interview of a pilot who flew F16, F15, and F18 C and E. He says the Super hornet is only a little less responsive in roll, but overall maneuvering potential is increased due to engines being a lot more powerful, the ability to carry a lot more fuel, a stiffer airframe (you’d see legacy hornets wings flex up massively under load, not so much with super hornets) , more lift, and altered aerodynamics. It’s the same fly-by-wire logic and the aircrafts are programmed to react to its inputs and environments the same way
@B 132 after you take out all the radar and weapons systems and put it into blue angel spec it definitely would be able to match the legacy hornet.
Definite downgrade more like a definite hater
@B 132
Post stall , you mean Super maneuverability?
McDonnell and Douglas are shaking their fists at this video from their shared grave
Northrup too! ( YF-17)
@@rampking1 ; Northrop Grumman is busy building the B-21 Raider.
@@FirstDagger Why ? Biden or President Harris will cancel it . But what does a bomber have to do with the Hornet ?
Pretty sure they're buried separately. They died over five months apart...
@@nw1302 🙄
*BRAND NEW* AWYISSS!!!!!!
I have issues with wearing a military uniform speaking high praises of a corporation. If the service member was a decision maker announcing a contract, that is part of an official process.
This is a service member in uniform on a corporate UA-cam channel appearing to read a script written or at least approved by said corporation.
It is in the style and presentation of an advertisement for Boeing. Who gave this pilot the authority to speak on behalf of the entire United States about the absolutely flawless company?
If there aren't any laws broken here then laws need changing.
I don't have a problem with it.
It felt a little odd to me at first. Then, as the pilot and former CO of the Blues mentioned, it is the only airframe he has flown in his 25 year Naval Aviation career. He and many shipmates have returned safely from every sortie it just makes sense. Can’t speak to any other air craft but this one he knows.
If the Navy hadn’t cancelled the Navy Advanced Tactical Fighter, they would be transitioning to a navalized variant of the F-22 instead!
Eh
@@Tigershark_3082 Eh? lol. Do you think they’re better off with the F-35C??
@@dr.z1657 No
F22>f35
@@clonetrooper8669 F-8 Crusader > F-22
They look way bigger then the old f-18
They are, by like 40 percent, or something close to that
I prefer the Legacy Hornets
Oneday I might become one
So does that mean in 25 years we get the 35c or will they move to the T7A?
Who knows what the world will look like in 25 yrs
The days of manned fighter aircraft are numbered as it is, so unless the Blues switch to unmanned versions? The team's days will be numbered too.
I think the Blues will get whatever the then current trainer is. It will probably still be the T-45. I don't believe that there are any plans for a navalized T-7.
I'm gonna miss the legacy hornets
been watching Blue Angels since they used F-4 Phantoms.
Supers Kinda look the same tho
@@mrandrossguy9871 ; Only superficially, square intakes give the Rhino away every-time.
@@mrandrossguy9871 disagree, I think the larger leading wing extensions and the rectangular intake make the legacy hornet sleeker and Sexier by comparison.
are raptors to expensive to change to?
They probably are and also Raptors are Air Force, not Navy and Marine aircraft. Though I have a feeling you know that. Anyways, cheers from Finland.
@@nikoholopainen3222 no I know nothing about it, so I guess the nevy has the f22?
@@jeffbrown444 F-22's are only used by US air force and that is one reason why the Angels wouldn't use them, plus they would be very expensive to maintain as there are so few of them. Simply put, as the Blue Angels are a Navy demonstration team, they use only aircraft that are used by the Navy. There have been aircraft that were used by both Air Force and Navy, like the Phantom and it was used by Blue Angels and Thunderbirds at the same time.
If it aint Boeing, I aint going
737 max jokes in 3.......
@@sideyoke1476 yes indeed. The spotlight's on them to regain the trust and respect they've lost from the American people.
Well you're not going at all now are you 🤣
I'm taking that Boeing Cecil is in Jacksonville Florida.
Yes. The old master Jet base at Cecil Field.
@@Skyhawks1979 by
Soo if you guys are done with the Hornets.. Can I have one?
Well I guess if you don't ask, you don't get. But good luck 😂 Let me know if works out for you, I'll start eyeing up one of the Thunderbirds F-16's....
Blue Angel 1 is Maverick's Super Hornet
Whats the difference? "Super"?
Super Hornets are essentially an entirely different airframe that is based on that of the legacy hornet. Basically a slightly bigger plane, with updated systems throughout.
Louder Faster
@@mrandrossguy9871 Slower, actually (Ma 1.8 for the A/B/C/D Hornets, around Ma 1.6 for the E/F Super Hornets).
Ever heard of "Google"?
Is this a Boeing promo?
25 years.. captain.
I just turned the number of likes from 737 to 738.
You monster
@@c0ldw1nd27 lol
Will These Planes Flyover American Secondary Schools Colleges and Universities OUSD Job Training Centers DeFremery School Santa Fe School Recreational Centers For a Evacuation Drill?No or Yes, Not Until 2021 due to COVID
Red Arrows are my favourite, obviously because I live in the UK, but I do like the Blue Angels.
They Look Like Fallout Boys :D
SuperAngels
Good thing they didn’t go with F35s
I’m used to the Blue angles being F/A 18s
F35 is ok but it doesn’t look like a blue angel jet
I heard the Thunderbirds are switching to the F-35 eventually
i would love to see F22s in Blue
I’m with you Golden Retriever. I’ve even seen models of the F-35 in Blue Angels livery and something just doesn’t look right. I think the Super Hornet just looks more aggressive. There’s something about the F-35’s nose and canopy that looks “dainty”.
Well the F35 isn’t being retired yet. If I’m not mistaken the Blue Angels gets the old Navy aircraft.
@C B: You are correct, of course. Interesting develop of stealth when one looks at the F-117 Nighthawk from the ‘80’s versus the F-35 and F-22.
tell Boeing to contact Jason Danna immediatly
Would be great to see a Video of what it takes to “transform a F-18 to a Blue Angle ready plane. I know the the BA plane are former recycled service aircraft, I have been told the radar and guns and tail hook come off and blue paint is added but what else?
Good Q.
They still have the tail hooks and radar,,, do not ask how I know this!!!
@@peteparker7396 Come to think of it I remember seeing them display the tail hook in their flight demonstrations.
So no longer do they get the oldest “hand me downs”?
"Semper-Fi"
Semper Fi 72-76, MCAS El Toro
Amazing
Why he s in green?
He's not a current Blue Angel demonstration pilot, he's a former Angel now leading the transition team. The standard fleet flight suit is green.
Translation please
AYYYYY
Bring back the Hellcat
For the 75th anniversary? They better!
@@pdutube they MUST be planning something like that! What a sight that would be
THAT would be awesome.
Marines are going to continue to use all retired Navy legacy Hornets for replacements and spares. So $$ wise to offset some of the added expense of adding Supers to the Navy and 35s to the Navy and Marines.
Most of the legacy hornet squadrons in the marines will be moving to the F-35C platform, it depends mostly on the budget/mission needs. Whether or not the units will remain active is a question too, considering the Marines want to divest most of their equipment to become a lighter force.
I'd like to see the RCAF get Super Hornets. Our procurement process is horrible. The gov't even resorted to buying used Australian birds to try and make up for some of the attrition. It's an embarrassment that our front line fighters are nearly 40 years old.
You're still set to get the F-35 aren't you? That will be a heck of an upgrade. Although they don't seem to be in any rush. Good job everybody likes Canadians in the meantime I guess 😂
I'm no fan of the F-35 for a big glaring reason- one engine. Yes, they're better than the ol' J-79 etc, but one bird and you have nowhere to go but DOWN... At least with 2 engines we've seen some CF-18s come home that wouldn't have. We can't afford a high loss rate either, since we only buy the minimum to begin with, then fly the balls off 'em.
@@bowser515 No, the F-35 isn't off the table, but it's also not a lock anymore. RCAF is considering the Super Hornet, F-35, and the Gripen. My money is on the Super Hornet, simply for reliability, maintainability, familiarity, cost effectiveness, as well as having 2 engines. These planes have to be able to patrol the Arctic on a regular basis, losing your only engine up there is a big deal. It's a proven platform that will be easy to maintain with quick access to parts and service. It might not be the most long term solution, but it's still the one that makes the most sense at the moment.
@@GrindBass86 Yeah, you're probably right. The F-35 is a great jet despite what the internet experts have you believe. But the Super Hornet would no doubt fit the requirements of the RCAF, and it'll come with a much smaller bill also.
They look really pretty in Blue.
Superhornet is the best aircraft
Blue Impulse - Japan.
@@markplott4820 Do you like the afterburner sound
@@ชินวัตน์นพดลจินดา - NO , I like the Sound of NON Afterburning SUPERCRUISE.
I got so confused by this. I forgot that the super hornet is a different aircraft. Much like a super tomcat I guess
Gonna be powerful🇺🇸
Go and watch suryakiran once from india 🤟🏻😎
About time
Hope to be alive for the transition to an F35, imagine VTOL airshows!
Hopefully gon happen bc the B version is the only one with VTOL
Just John not every F-35 variant can do a VTOL
The F-35 comes in three variants and they are:
1. F-35a (conventional takeoff and landing)
2. F-35b (V/STOL or what Lockheed Martin called it STOVL, although it can takeoff and land conventionally too)
3. F-35c (carrier based)
Only the F-35b can do a V/STOL not a VTOL and it can’t take off vertically, it can only land vertically. And (V/STOL) stands for (vertical or short takeoff or landing) and the F-35b can takeoff from short runways or short decks etc and can only land vertically.
Hope I corrected a little 😊😊
Stay safe 🤗🤗🤗
@@Elias-xy9kc the F-35B is actually VTOL, it’s just not practical to use it for most operations. It has to dump a lot of fuel in order to lift off vertically. We don’t know a whole lot about the F-35 and a lot of media outlets constantly get facts wrong about it. We know that it’s a great BVR fighter but we don’t know much about its BFM capabilities yet. As for the blue angels transitioning to the F-35 there’s really not much we can know.
@@samhoff1724 you literally had just refuted your own argument. The jet will never VTOL if it can’t even take off with enough fuel to do all the afterburner passes. You expect spectators to wait for about an hour after the show started just so it can fly to tank up (not mentioning the fact that now Blue Angels needs to get a tanker) before rejoining the show?
@@kenchen704 I mean the airports have fuel. I’m not saying like the whole formation would do vtol the whole time every time I’m just saying it might add a cool element to the air show.