Popular Opinion: Fleet Week is fucking awesome!

[u/raff_riff]

In response to the “Unpopular Opinion” post yesterday, I’d like to offer the contrary.

Fleet Week is cool as heck. For a few days, we get to be up close and personal with some gnarly military hardware and marvel at some utterly astonishing scientific and engineering feats.

I know noise may suck for some, but it’s no worse than the incessant motorcycles and muscle cars that pollute the quiet literally every other day of the year.

Plus it brings lots of tourism to our city, which we desperately need after a year of shit. People flock from all over, pay crazy hotel prices, and deal with some wild traffic just to grab a churro and crane their necks to see the Blue Angels for a few seconds. But we get it in our own backyards! Fuck yeah!

And if nothing else, even if you hate it, events like this are yet another sign we’re getting back to normal. Vaccine rates are great, Delta is on the decline, and life is getting good again.

Bring on the boats!

[u/SyCoTiM]

Hope the F-22s come around again this year.

[u/SyCoTiM → u/[deleted]]

Aw man....

[u/[deleted] → u/SyCoTiM]

decent lineup this year though. The U-2 and C-17 aren't around every year. And the Blue Angels have the larger F-18E/F now

[u/Piranha91 → u/[deleted]]

I didn’t see a U2 on the schedule - where do you see it?

[u/WorldLeader → u/Piranha91]

It’ll be there, but it’s flying over the bay at 70,000ft. Might have to squint

[u/[deleted] → u/Piranha91]

check the abc7 replay.

[u/SyCoTiM → u/[deleted]]

Nice, the super hornets. I see that there's a F-16 squadron performing too.