First time I heard this song wax after a team of multi-colored spandex-wearing superheroes helped saved a city from a giant mechanical purple guy made of ooze.
Before Hollywood went hollyweird and music wasn’t a woke-a-fied mess we had rock bands paying homage to our brave servicemen and women. Cher on a battleship and Diamond Dave singing a rock love song to the Statue of Liberty 🗽 titled Yankee Rose.
Keep the DREAM!! Don’t let go!! I’m facing my own demons right now and it’s ALL IVE GOT LEFT: ReFocus.. ReSet.. ReClaim your own Fame! No shame in the game.. When you’re DREAM is your NAME! Fucking DO IT!! At least TRY and you’ll never be able to DENY.. you gave your best, and that’s all you can confide! 🙏🏼
1st saw the Angels in 1964, 8 years later joined USAF since sinking in ocean not a desire. However, Blue Angels will always be the best.... Ya above USAF Thunderbirds.
The A-4 Skyhawks may have been the best aircraft the Angels ever utilized. A little info: Those are A-4F's [aka the Superfox] powered by Pratt & Whitney J52-P-408 engines, same engine that was later used in the A-4M and also the Grumman EA-6B Prowler. Fleet A-4F's had additional avionics equipment carried in a large dorsal compartment and on top of the vertical stabilizer; these were removed for the Angels to save weight and drag. Additional structural mods included bolting the leading edge slats in the "up" position [A-4 slats are gravity/air-stream activated, not hydraulic] for safety during all the aerobatic maneuvers. Mid 70's to early 80's I was on active duty staff training Marine Air reservists at NAS Jacksonville & NAS Cecil Field flying A-4F's [Navy hand-me-downs]. During my tour, on one occasion we were ordered to transfer one of our aircraft to the Angels as a replacement. Pretty cool. MGySgt - Retired
I SAW LAST SKYHAWK SHOW IN NIAGARA FALLS NY WHEN TWO PLANES CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER ONE PILOT KILLED. THEY MADE SWITCH TOF F 18'S AFTER THAT. SEMPER FI RIP
