Blue Angels: Athletes in the sky

Lt. Cmdr. Mark DeBuse, a flight surgeon for the Blue Angels, said it best when he said his job is like caring for the health and well being of top-notch professional athletes. While these athletes are not competing in high-profile football games or boxing matches, they are maneuvering 24,500 pound jets capable of traveling at almost twice the speed of sound, or 1,400 miles per hour. More impressively, Blue Angels pilots do this without the aid of a G-suit.

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