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29. Good to hear. Yes the Angels do a similar manuever but with the Tbirds its that F16. It's single engine is much louder

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than the Angels F18's. I'm an aviation nut (Air Force Brat) so I enjoy it though. I really enjoy taking Tbird virgins to a show and watching them freak out when they pull that one off lol. Like I said, I even know its coming and it still blows my mind!

On the other side of it though, those machines were built destroy and to kill. I can't imagine the horror of someone on the ground (the F16 is a ground support fighter) as one of things barrels down on them to fire air to ground missiles or cannon fire. Silence then explosions then the roar of hat thing. Terrifying when you think about it. That absolutely horrible thought always crosses my mind when I see the show.

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