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The Blues have a shoe string budget and work out of a mobile home and have to scrounge for parts where as the T-Birds have all the pomp and circumstance and shiny brass of the British elite with spit shine hangar floors and tailored suits.
The Blues always put on a more impressive show IMHO!
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They're not mobile homes, but I've seen the Blues 50 year old hangers in Pensacola. They're serviceable, but not very pretty.
The Blues budget is much smaller than the T-birds.
The fly the cast off FA-18s that the fleet dosen't need or want. They do have absolute priorty when it comes to requestioning parts, but they are dead last when it comes to upgrades. (HMX-1 is the same way)
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Speaking of hangars, I like the way the Navy does it...with squadron offices located inside the hangar surrounding the interior with 2 to 3 stories. The way the AF does it, with the squadron building completely separate from the hangar/maintenance operation, I'm not so much up with.