A Blue Angels pilot has been booted from the Navy’s famed stunt-flying workforce for failing to satisfy its requirements.
Maj. Scott Laux, a second-year member of the elite squadron, is not going to participate in any additional performances this season, the Chief of Naval Air Coaching (CNATRA) confirmed to the Pensacola Information Journal.
“Blue Angel #6 was faraway from the workforce for failing to uphold the requirements anticipated of members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron and won’t take part within the workforce’s remaining efficiency this season,” CNATRA’s public affairs workplace mentioned Friday.
The Navy has not disclosed when Laux was dismissed or what led to the choice — whereas the unit has seemingly scrubbed Laux’s photograph and biographical web page from its official web site.
Laux was absent from the squadron’s NAS Pensacola Homecoming Air Present in Florida on Friday and Saturday, which celebrated the naval air station’s 2 hundredth anniversary.
The workforce carried out with 5 jets as an alternative of its standard six, in keeping with the outlet.
The pilot had beforehand spoken out in help of the squadron’s low-flying shows after a controversial efficiency over Pensacola Seaside, Fla. in July.
Through the workforce’s annual “Breakfast with the Blues” flyover, Navy jets flew at extraordinarily low altitude over the shoreline, sending tents, seaside chairs and umbrellas flying as clouds of sand swept throughout the seaside.
“We admire the belief in help and it’s our privilege to have the ability to carry out in that manner. We’re gonna hold bringing the warmth and proceed doing it safely,” Laux informed Rolling with Madrina when requested in regards to the incident.
Laux, who hails from Chantilly, Va., graduated from the US Naval Academy in 2012 with a bachelor’s diploma in Chinese language earlier than finishing Marine officer coaching and an intensive flight-training program.
He earned his wings in 2015 and went on to fly F/A-18 Hornets, later transitioning to the F-35C Lightning II. His navy profession included deployments to Japan and aboard the USS Nimitz.
Laux’s navy honors embrace two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals and a number of unit awards.
He joined the Blue Angels in September 2024 and served because the workforce’s narrator in 2025.
The Blue Angels, fashioned in 1946, are among the many Navy’s greatest knowns flight demonstration groups, performing precision aerial reveals throughout the nation.
