On Aug. 23, pilots of the Blue Angels, the U.S Navy’s flight demonstration team, came to Southeast to speak with JROTC cadets.

“The cadets reacted like they were shocked to see a pilot,” JROTC instructor Reyes Alvarez said,” and not just the cadets, but the staff as soon as they walked into the building. They were excited to see the pilots.” 

During their short time here at Southeast, the famous air show pilots gave a small presentation over various aspects of both the Blue Angels and the JROTC, speaking about the scholarships the program offers as well as the requirements to become a military pilot, their salaries and what it is like to be a military pilot. 

Currently, no former Southeast students have joined the Blue Angels, but some, like Brody Crane (12), hope to someday see themselves flying above the clouds as a military pilot.

“I could picture myself in the cockpit of a Blue Angel, a F/A-15 Super Hornet,” he said. 

For as zealous as he is to someday join, even Crane himself can’t deny the fact that a career to this degree comes with almost too much responsibility and skill for a person to tackle. 

“I was thinking it would be super easy,” he said, “but it was not as easy as I thought it was gonna be.” 

Although some cadets could never picture themselves up in the sky performing as a Blue Angel, all could agree that they were perfectly content and more than happy to view the air show from solid ground. the Blue Angels held their demonstration at McConnell air force base as part of the frontiers in flight air show on Aug. 24. they were also scheduled to perform on Aug. 25 but the air show was canceled due to severe weather.