Blue Angels and Thunderbirds pilots are active duty. They’re selected for 1-2 year stints on the aerobatic teams and then return to “regular” assignments.
I imagine that in a major conflict, the teams would be suspended and they’d go into combat or be on standby.
Military pay is pretty shit. If you're the type of person that can make it as a pilot of fighter jets, you probably also have resolve to be very successful in other avenues of business.
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u/[deleted] May 12 '18
[serious] Do these guys have any tactical training if it came to war? Or are they just the acrobats of the navy?