The Navy’s elite Blue Angels say they are reviewing the circumstances surrounding a low flyover at a beach in Florida.<\/p>\n
Video shows people watching from Pensacola Beach, Florida, as jets soared above the Gulf \u2014 before one jet flew low over a crowd and banked sideways. It barreled so low that it sent sand, chairs and tents flying.<\/p>\n
The Blue Angels said it is conducting a safety review of the pass, which was lower than standard.<\/p>\n
“During an arrival maneuver, an aircraft flew lower than standard profiles, resulting in a disturbance on the beach that affected civilian chairs and umbrellas,” the Blue Angels, formally known as the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, said.<\/p>\n
“The safety of our hometown community, spectators, and our pilots is our highest priority,” it said. “Team leadership is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the maneuver and conducting a thorough safety review to ensure all operations adhere to strict Navy and FAA safety standards.”<\/p>\n
A Defense official appeared to comment on the incident Thursday. Sean Parnell, assistant to the Defense Secretary, said, “CARRY ON PATRIOTS,” as he posted a picture <\/a>on social media of what appeared to be the flyover.<\/p>\n Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tweeted Thursday morning, in an apparent reference to the Blue Angels incident, “The flyovers will continue until morale improves.”<\/p>\n Earlier this month, four Apache helicopters conducted a controversial maneuver<\/a> when they flew low over crowds gathered along the South Carolina coast on the Fourth of July. The pilots were suspended, which the South Carolina Army National Guard said <\/a>was a “routine, non-punitive safety measure” and “not a disciplinary action.” Days later, the Pentagon said the suspensions were lifted.<\/p>\n In March, two AH-64 Army helicopters made a flyby to the Nashville home<\/a> of singer Kid Rock during a training mission. The Army initially suspended the pilots<\/a> pending investigation. The next day, Hegseth said<\/a> the pilots’ suspension had been lifted and that there would be no investigation or punishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Navy’s elite Blue Angels say they are reviewing the circumstances surrounding a low flyover at a beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13907,28,30,29,140496,51771,140495],"class_list":["post-342243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-blue-angels","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-flyover","tag-pensacola-beach","tag-the-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}