James “Doc” Scaminaci III

[Sarah White @advancesarah]

To the 3 migrants who thought it was acceptable to paint bomb this mural:

Don't worry. It's all been cleaned up now.

Oh, and by the way, one of your paint bombs didn't go off.
I doubt the police will bother lifting fingerprints from it. They wouldn't want to risk any of you getting into trouble.

But here's the thing...
Cameras in the area captured you.
You won't be that hard to find.

@danwootton

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 WOW! Caitlin Clark just SNAPPED at a referee for TOTALLY IGNORING an obvious foul against her — she got pummeled to the ground and was visibly shaken

She is targeted because she is WHITE.

Then her teammate got called on the EXACT same action as a foul by the ref

Clark immediately started yelling in the ref's face for the double standard

[WEAR ABC 3 @weartv]

The White House and the Department of War are in support of the Blue Angels after a flyover at Pensacola Beach on Wednesday morning during "Breakfast with the Blues."https://t.co/Pk9oJnm1Qu

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

"Bacon's a Group 1 carcinogen. Same category as tobacco."

Same category. Correct.

"So it's as bad as smoking."

What does the category measure.

"How dangerous it is."

It measures how certain they are. Not how bad it is. That's their own line, in their own Q and A.

"Same thing."

Fifty grams a day takes bowel cancer over a lifetime from about six in a hundred to about seven in a hundred.

"That's still a rise."

One person in a hundred. Smoking multiplies lung cancer risk somewhere north of twenty times.

"They're in the same group, though."

So is sunlight. So is alcohol. So is wood dust.

"Wood dust."

Group 1. Every carpenter in the country.

"That can't be right."

It's the same list. You're holding it.

"So the group tells you nothing about the size of it."

Nothing at all.

So which number did the headline hand you. The six, or the seven.

[𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ @NiohBerg]

JD Vance is actually clueless.

94 million Iranians are fighting for a free Iran, not for becoming refugees. Despite massacres and war there's been NO influx of Iranian refugees at all.

Meanwhile, 10 million Iranians in the diaspora are fighting to return to Iran, not to remain a diaspora.

When this regime falls, it will cause REMIGRATION, not IMMIGRATION.

We are not Syrians or Libyans or Afghans.

He's so incredibly full of shit.

[James “Doc” Scaminaci III @DocScaminaci]

@xoMommyDearest @johnkonrad @MCCCANM Pensacola Beach, Pensacola Florida.

[UniqueConstraint @JeffH43575992]

@johnkonrad I've been to several air shows over the years. The USAF Thunderbirds did (probably still do) a maneuver were the formation passes over the runway at moderate speed, then a single comes from behind the audience at fairly high speed. People are stunned for a second, then cheer.

[Ben McCombe @BenMcCombe]

Nonsense, the pilot violated FAA rules and their own manual for this maneuver..

The question is did the pilot lose situational awareness - this has been the cause of several BA fatal incidents - or was it intentional?

I suspect the former. They thought they were on the show line, realised at the last moment they weren't and banked left to get back out towards the water.

Probably got a decent scare.

While Hegseth clearly won't do anything, the team will likely do so internally and make sure it doesn't happen again.

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

This is one of the most brilliant moves Hegseth has made. Here’s why:

Experienced pilots are freaking out in my DMs about these close flybys. Even some based people I follow and love, like @MCCCANM, are questioning them while my son’s class of young student aviators can’t stop talking about how cool it is but also everything that could go wrong.

The truth is, we don’t want every flyboy buzzing beaches and towers like Maverick.

What made that scene in Top Gun cool was that Maverick truly was the best of the best.

That scene would not be funny if some shaky pilot who just got his wings ripped past the tower in a T-6B.

The irony is in the contrast between the best of the best and some desk jockey who out ranks him worried about spilling his coffee.

This scene is so important to the plot the directors included it twice! It’s more important to understanding Top Gun than the combat scene with migs because it’s more relatable.

Every Blue Angel is as good as Maverick.

But what is the purpose of the Blue Angels? It’s not combat. It’s to show the American people, and our adversaries, how good we really are.

Go back and read my post from the 4th of July at how difficult it was to see the blue angels and navy ships which Mamdani requested, and the admirals foolishly agreed, to stay at a “safe distance” from Manhattan.

You can’t boost recruitment, get voters to support spending & send a message to our enemies at anchor 10 miles from the tip of Manhattan or 1,000’ above them.

Proximity matters.

I write books. Every mentor I’ve ever had says the same thing: “Show, don’t tell.”

That’s what @PeteHegseth just did with the Blue Angels.

By having BA do flybys, he did not write a long memo explaining his intent, he showed them that it’s time to stop blowing safety out of proportion and start taking risk again.

And better still he trusts they are smart enough to understand the broader implications. And our pilots are smart.

Pete is pushing the Overton window back toward the center on safetyism.

Now every Army SGT who’s told to make his guys wear stupid reflective belts on PT & every Navy Chief who’s told he can’t send a man over the side in a harness to paint the ship has a new tool:

“The flyboys can buzz the beach but I can’t paint the hull because a sailor might fall 25 feet into the water & get wet? Make it make sense Lieutenant.”

But he’s also giving the officers of flying squadrons a way out:

“Colonel, Hegseth has authorized flybys so can I buzz the Empire State Building?” asks some brand-new F-35 pilot.

Now his colonel has an answer: “Sure can sport. Right after you get your invite to the Blue Angels.”

And this Blu Angles flyby gives that CO some extra room to maneuver.

“Ok colonel, but can we at least stop flying 20 miles around that bogus safety exclusion zone near the theme park?”

“Yes, let’s try 5 miles for now.”

And this solves a real conundrum.

Those helicopters flying down the beach got monumental amounts of public support.

Why?

Did those clips really get shared because Joe Public wants helicopters roaring over his kid’s head? Not really.

They resonated because they’re cool as heck, and because absolutely everyone is sick and tired of creeping safety regulations.

Punishing them harshly would have killed morale and resulted in public outrage and would have accelerated the creep of safetyism.

Having the Blue Angels buzz the beach in response to that helicopter flyby does many things at once:

It gives the public cool AF photos.

It gives squadron commanders flexibility and a way out.

It shows our adversaries how talented our pilots really are.

It’s relatively low risk, because the Blue Angels really are that good.

It moves the Overton window on safetyism.

And it pisses off every low T troll on Bluesky and Reddit.

And it tells admirals the days of kowtowing to pinko mayors like Mamdani are over.

That’s not a win-win. That’s a long string of wins for the price of half a tank of jet fuel.

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

From my DMs: “This is one more in a pattern of unsafe flyovers.”

No. A pattern was starting to emerge of unauthorized flyovers by regular pilots.

This right here is not that pattern. It’s a single authorized flyover by the very best pilots in the world.

You’re all free to comment on this, but let’s hold back on the insane assumptions until a new pattern emerges or the old one continues.

And just stop with the probably false nonsense.

Anyone calling this Blue Angel pilot a “reckless retard” should look in the mirror before questioning anyone’s judgment.

You don’t get to fly Super Hornets with a two-digit IQ.

Does.

Not.

Happen.

And you don’t get an invitation to become a Blue Angel because you’re a great pilot. You get the invitation because you’re a great pilot AND you are 💯 trusted to stick to the team plan.

You might think this was an unauthorized hotdog maneuver. It may look like an unauthorized hotdog maneuver. It may even be really dangerous, IDK, I’m not a pilot.

But I’d bet all the chips on Polymarket it was meticulously planned and authorized up the chain of command.

And let’s talk about risk.

Risk is a combination of time, distance, and shielding. I’ll add one more: planning.

Yes, it’s possible a hydraulic gasket could possibly blow “like I witnessed once in Iraq,” but these aren’t combat planes flying through sandstorms… they are among the most inspected and well-cared-for planes in the world.

The Blue Angels doesn’t just get the best pilots, it gets the best mechanics too.

Going back to the basic risk formula. Yes, they threw out distance. Yes, the crowd has no shielding. But time is minuscule.

They didn’t burn down the beach for miles, they came in at an angle. This isn’t a relatively slow helicopter, it’s a Super Hornet.

Time spent in the zone of maximum risk matters. And that period of time, the time in which something could have failed causing the plane to crash, was minuscule.

Accidents don’t just ”happen” without someone shooting; it’s always a series of mistakes and known problems that were waved off. This pilot and his entire team had ample opportunity to wave off anything that was wrong.

Accidents happen when you’re not the best, not well rested, don’t have the right spare part, linger in the danger zone, etc.

Sure, there can always be a fluke or a problem even the best of the best could not foresee. But that’s not poor risk management. That is bad luck.

All that said, believe me or not, but hold your hate until more facts and a pattern emerge.

[All Things Emerald Coast @AllEmeraldCoast]

Terrible reporting. I was there and it was fine. People were not screaming in fear. The crowd was CHEERING in EXCITEMENT. Also, you edited out the rest of her interview to fit your NARRATIVE. The woman said it was amazing!

People had a great time out there today. Loved every minute of it.

[flau0flau @flau0flau0first]

@AP Blue Angels, Chicago 2017
What's the problem? It's awesome!

[James “Doc” Scaminaci III @DocScaminaci]

@Jere_Memez @AP That is so funny. Had to share it.

[Jere_Memez @Jere_Memez]

@AP

[James “Doc” Scaminaci III @DocScaminaci]

@Pokeycorky They fly 18 inches apart. The Blue Angels are the best. Love watching them at their home station.

[James “Doc” Scaminaci III @DocScaminaci]

Check out this story from Pensacola News Journal: Blue Angels 80th season's Pensacola Beach Air show already memorable

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels commander says team is focused on putting on a safe, high-quality air show following controversy over a low pass Wednesday.

https://t.co/1rEAefwkry

[The Saint Fran Man @SaintFranMan]

@JackLinFLL Same pass from my balcony. Carry on Patriots!!

[James “Doc” Scaminaci III @DocScaminaci]

@iahphx @JackLinFLL They practice everything.

[MichelePia🦚 @pialaborioso]

@JackLinFLL There is an airshiw started today and ends on the 18th. But you can go watch the BA practice. Here is their schedule :
https://t.co/Hzc3hlQbPW

[BonGreen17 🇺🇸 @BonGreen17]

@JackLinFLL I was standing on the pier and saw it live!
It was BEAUTIFUL! 🤣
The sneak pass is done EVERY YEAR and it is AWESOME!!!
Bite me whiners!!
MY US NAVY BLUE ANGELS!!!!!!