Electric P1B "Lightning" Jagdflugzeug the Blue Angels switched to

the Blue Angels switched to the larger and more powerful F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

The pilot and gunner sit one behind the other in a specially protected and armored cabin

The F-4 was used not only by the United States

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Many of its variants can be seen today as replicas or in museums

Electric P1B "Lightning" Jagdflugzeug the Blue Angels switched toThe Electric P1B was developed by English Electric in the 1950s . Designed as an interceptor , the Lightning was known for its extremely slim fuselage shape , the strongly swept wings and, above all, the stacked engines and achieved excellent performance at the time. With afterburner, the Lightning reached speeds of over Mach 2 . The Lightning was mainly used in Great Britain and was only exported to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait . It is also noteworthy