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 SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AP) - After 21 years as a U.S. Navy pilot, his career boasting nearly 900 aircraft carrier landings and air combat during the first Gulf War, tragedy comes as no surprise to Cmdr. Kevin Mannix.
That includes last month's fatal crash of a fellow Blue Angels pilot during a show in South Carolina.
But for Blue Angels pilots, whose demeanor is a key part of the job, the tragedy offers another opportunity to perform the mission they were first given six decades ago: promote the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines Corps to the world.
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