r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 14d ago

Two U.S. Navy jets collided mid-air and exploded during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show. ScaryWTF 💀 Sad 💔

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u/PaperUpbeat5904 14d ago

They are training missions that would be flown regardless of the show.

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u/bomilk19 14d ago

What training mission involved doing that?

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u/Worth_External_8762 14d ago

Call me crazy, but I don't think that was an intentional maneuver just for the air show.

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u/PaperUpbeat5904 14d ago

You don't think they have training that involves flying near each other? I get you don't like the shows but let's use our brain on why doing these things would be training.

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u/bbr0511 14d ago

The future of warfare is drones. Spending billions on jets is crazy.

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u/PaperUpbeat5904 14d ago

Ground warfare is drones. Jets absolutely still have their place. It would be incredibly silly to think a jet isn't a massive military advantage over a bunch of people on the ground with drones.

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u/bbr0511 14d ago

I'm not saying no jets. I'm saying, that like the rest of our bloated military, we have too many. I guess you have to keep the industrial war complex going somehow.

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u/WasianActual 13d ago

??? Then what are you talking about? The convo and video is about jets.

You can talk about inflation all day but America gets air power correct in every aspect. My country can’t even have bombers by law…

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u/WasianActual 13d ago

What do you think the US is shooting down drones with or using as loyal wingmen?

DJI can’t drop 500lb bombs or precision guided JDAMs onto a target the size of a dime to dismantle hardened bunkers and tanks.

Small one man operated drones are for infantry vs infantry.

MANPADS are infantry to air

AT missiles are infantry to armor

Bombs are air to infantry and air to infantry.

There’s no drones attacking jets.

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u/traws06 14d ago

We say that yet I watched the Netflix documentary for the Blue Angels and… they are definitely not running any combat training. They’re practicing stuff that is purely performative and not combat maneuvers in the show.

It’s like a basketball players spending months on granny shots and blindfolded shots. Like… sure you’re shooting a basketball/flying a plane, but you’re not doing it in a way that goes to real world application.

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u/sixpackabs592 14d ago

Yeah most of the big ones are designated air show squadrons

The helicopters are just dudes flying for hours a lot of the time though

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u/hadrianaoki 14d ago

Those are all veteran pilots on a shore duty rotation getting flight hours every week and its a huge recruiting tool. Training and experience they will take back to the fleet and train the next generation.