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Blue Angels, military outreach back on
The Pentagon on Friday said it will reinstate the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds flying teams, port visits, service weeks and band appearances, but at 45 percent of what the public outreach effort used to be.......The Navy will return the Blue Angels and the Leap Frogs parachute team to their full schedules, said Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson, a Navy spokeswoman at the Pentagon. (www.utsandiego.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Funny how life went on thru sequestration and gov shutdown.
Bout time. And how many millions were lost on the air shows that had to cancel, leaving local businesses and show participants holding the sequestration bag?
Less than the millions it costs in tax dollars to provide the shows. That being said I love the Blue Angels.
Air shows pump about $1.5 billion into the economy
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dark-clouds-hang-over-air-shows-after-budget-cuts
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dark-clouds-hang-over-air-shows-after-budget-cuts
If our defense budget was right-sized to about 20% we would save around 540 billion a year. If they can find a way to keep the Angels and T-birds flying with that, then by all means.
Perhaps if they are the sole reason for that large of a revenue they could begin to charge for their performances to offset the tax need?
This country is on the brink of complete failure and we need to feel serious pain for a decade or two to get back on track. Sucks, but it's the truth.
Perhaps if they are the sole reason for that large of a revenue they could begin to charge for their performances to offset the tax need?
This country is on the brink of complete failure and we need to feel serious pain for a decade or two to get back on track. Sucks, but it's the truth.
They should find an unnecessary pork barrel military project (or 20) to cut, so that Blue Angels and Thunderbirds can keep making some appearances at key events.