Editing Blue Angels (section)

===2000–2009===
In 2000, the Navy was conducting investigations in regard and connected to the loss of two Blue Angels pilots in October 1999. The pilots of the F/A-18 Hornet were not required to wear and do not wear [[g-suit]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blue Angels |first=United States Navy |date=March 24, 2024 |title=United States Navy Blue Angels FAQ |url=https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/faq/default.htm |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=Blue Angels Navy}}</ref>

In 2006, the Blue Angels marked their 60th year of performing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.com/about/navylife/onduty/blueangels/history/ |title=Blue Angels Monumental Moments |publisher=Navy.com |access-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328010809/http://www.navy.com/about/navylife/onduty/blueangels/history/ |archive-date=28 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 30 October 2008, a spokesman for the team announced that the team would complete its last three performances of the year with five jets instead of six. The change was because one pilot and another officer in the organization had been removed from duty for engaging in an "inappropriate relationship". The Navy said one of the individuals was a man and the other a woman, one a Marine and the other from the Navy, and that Rear Admiral Mark Guadagnini, chief of Naval air training, was reviewing the situation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pnj.com/article/20081031/SPORTS1001/810310363 |title=Blues Angels Pilot, Other Grounded |last=Moon |first=Troy |date=31 October 2008 |work=[[Pensacola News Journal]] |access-date=4 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204073915/http://pnj.com/article/20081031/SPORTS1001/810310363 |archive-date=4 December 2008}}</ref> At the next performance at [[Lackland Air Force Base]] following the announcement the No.{{nbsp}}4 or slot pilot, was absent from the formation. A spokesman for the team would not confirm the identity of the pilot removed from the team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pnj.com/article/20081102/NEWS01/811020335/1006/NEWS01 |title=No. 4 jet missing from Blue Angels |last=Griggs |first=Travis |date=2 November 2008 |work=Pensacola News Journal |access-date=4 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427012255/http://www.pnj.com/article/20081102/NEWS01/811020335/1006/NEWS01 |archive-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> On 6 November 2008, both officers were found guilty at an [[Nonjudicial punishment|admiral's mast]] on unspecified charges but the resulting punishment was not disclosed.<ref>Scutro, Andrew, "[http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/11/navy_blueangels_110708/ 2 Blue Angels found guilty, await punishment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521185337/http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/11/navy_blueangels_110708/ |date=21 May 2011}}", ''[[Military Times]]'', 8 November 2008.</ref>

On 21 April 2007, pilot Kevin "Kojak" Davis was killed and eight people on the ground were injured when Davis lost control of the No.{{nbsp}}6 jet and [[2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash|crashed]] during an air show at the [[Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort]] in [[Beaufort, South Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heimer |first=Cathy |date=2007-04-26 |title=Angels pilot dies during South Carolina air show |url=https://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/news/top_stories/angels-pilot-dies-during-south-carolina-air-show/article_4ae1c6f8-9f60-527e-8755-940dce46288e.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Military News |language=en}}</ref>

The Fat Albert performed its final JATO demonstration at the 2009 Pensacola Homecoming show, expending their eight remaining JATO bottles. This demonstration not only was the last JATO performance of the squadron, but also the final JATO use of the U.S. Marine Corps.<ref>[http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/docs/pr_20090909.pdf "End of JATO for Blue Angels!"], United States Navy, November 2009 {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 2009, the Blue Angels were inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the [[San Diego Air & Space Museum]].<ref>[http://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/online-exhibit-page/international-air-space-hall-of-fame International Air & Space Hall of Fame] San Diego Air & Space Museum</ref>