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MAGA media and Trump administration officials have heaped praise on a pilot with the Navy\u2019s Blue Angels who pulled off a dangerously close fly-by over spectators on Pensacola Beach last week. The pilot himself seems to regret the low pass that sent beach gear and sand flying, telling his local congresswoman he never intended to buzz the crowd.<\/p>\n

Read more \u201cIt never gets any easier\u201d: Nolan was \u201cpetrified\u201d over audience reaction to \u201cOdyssey\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Rep. Michelle Salzman, R-Fla., shared her side of a conversation with the pilot in a post to Facebook on Friday. She said that the Navy precision-flyer was shaken up by a clearly dangerous maneuver that he made in error.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t make excuses. He didn\u2019t try to shift blame,\u201d she wrote. \u201cHe simply talked about the miscalculated a turn, something no pilot ever wants to experience, especially one who has dedicated his life to flying at the highest level of precision. More than anything, he talked about the weight he\u2019s been carrying since that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Dramatic video shows the U.S. Navy Blue Angels making a low-altitude flyover above Pensacola Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. Navy officials confirmed in a statement that Blue Angels leadership is “reviewing the circumstances surrounding the maneuver and conducting a thorough safety\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ZUa1ryk4X8<\/p>\n

\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) July 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made light of the controversy about the pilot\u2019s low pass, lumping it in with other recent, dangerous aerobatics that have spread on social media.<\/p>\n

Read more MAGA\u2019s influencer class is breaking Trump\u2019s White House<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe flyovers will continue until morale improves,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said that the pilot would face no disciplinary action for the stunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No problem,\u201d Cao wrote on social media. \u201cThat\u2019s the sound of Freedom!\u201d<\/p>\n

Eric Trump called the outrage a creation of \u201cthe low-T mainstream media.\u201d Per Salzman, however, the pilot knew the fly-by could have ended in disaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe shared that he was shaken by what happened and needed time to process it. You could see the disappointment on his face,\u201d she said. \u201cThis wasn\u2019t someone brushing off a mistake, it was someone who holds himself to an incredibly high standard and was deeply affected by falling short of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more \u201cHate to see it happen\u201d: Trump uses troop deaths to defend nuclear Iran narrative<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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