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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 8:07 pm
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Blue Angels kick 2 off team, will fly only 5 jets
A spokesman for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels says the stunt-flying team will be down one jet the rest of its season after two members were kicked off for having an inappropriate relationship.

Capt. Tyson Dunkelberger, a spokesman for the team based at Naval Air Station Pensacola, said Thursday the squadron will finish its last three air shows next month with five jets.

Dunkelberger would not identify the two members but said the relationship was between a man and a woman. All six of the F-18 stunt pilots are men, and 23 of the 133-member squadron are women.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...7D03.DTL&tsp=1
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