A Blue Angels pilot has been removed from the elite flight demonstration team for "failing to uphold the standards expected," the U.S. Marine Corps Major Scott Laux, who flew the No. 6 jet as the team’s opposing solo pilot, will not participate in the squadron’s remaining performance of the 2026 season. Officials did not immediately make public the specific reason for Laux’s removal or the date he was removed.
Newsweek contacted the U.S. Navy for further comment. Laux's photograph and biography appeared to have been removed from the Blue Angels’ official website.
The squadron flew five jets, rather than its customary six, during the first day of its Homecoming Air Show at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. The November 6 and 7 event, which marks the team’s final performance of the year, is also celebrating the base’s 200th anniversary. Laux, from Chantilly, Virginia, graduated from the U.S.
Naval Academy in 2012 and earned his naval aviator wings in 2015. He joined the Blue Angels in 2024 and served as the team’s narrator during the 2025 season before becoming its opposing solo pilot. The Blue Angels, formally known as the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are based at NAS Pensacola and fly the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
No disciplinary allegation or flight-safety incident has publicly been identified in connection with Laux’s removal. This is a developing story; more to follow. Newsweek’s reporters and editors used Martyn, our AI assistant, to produce this story.
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