When I saw this I immediately thought of the game "Where is the mistake in this picture?" that comes up on a German soft-porn channel (das Vierte, I think) each evening. Parts of the article do suggest the necessary correction, but I always figured the Post was at least a quarter notch above the NY Daily News & the UK Daily mail, maybe not ... NY Post: One-third of Air Force including Blue Angels grounded by sequester A top general says federal budget cuts that will ground one-third of the U.S. Air Force's active-duty force of combat planes including fighters and bombers means "accepting the risk that combat airpower may not be ready to respond immediately to new contingencies as they occur."
They've been replaced for the big Seafair celebration in Seattle this year: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/specfact2.htm With the Blue Angels’ 2013 schedule falling victim to federal budget woes, Seafair fans of precision flying teams will rely on the California-based Patriots Jet Team, a nonprofit group with largely ex-military pilots.
Sorry, seems my husband the math geek was using the computer before me - here's the correct link: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020743779_seafairairshowxml.html
To update Robert Heinlein: One of the secrets to a successful marriage -- give her her own computer, THEN KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF IT.
