I am absolutely stoked to see Amanda on the team. I've been a Blue Angels fan forever and even have a Blue Angels commemorative chronograph I wear every day. I wish my grand daughter could have gone into this field. She wanted to fly so badly, but her eyesight kept her from being able to go into the military. Congratulations to Amanda for making the team. It's not the fact you are a woman, but the fact you are an outstanding pilot who deserves the gig. Fly safely.
So proud for her. She truly epitomizes what a woman can do. So happy we have gotten to see her on Tuesdays for practice in P’cola the last two years and will give her a wave goodbye this Friday at Homecoming. Good luck in the future Amanda.
Congratulations to Lt. Commander Amanda Lee, This Lady is a Shining light in the Aviation World & by that I mean the Lady has Concur Ed the Elements once bound by us Boys in the Field of Flight. May you be the First of many to come Young Lady. A Credit to the Service you are & that shining light for not Just the Girls but us Guys to Ascend to as well. Respectfully...
I am incredibly grateful to LCDR Amanda Lee, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, and their Public Relations team for their support in producing this project. I also want to give a shout-out to a few content creators who generously shared their footage featured in this video, including Laura Bogan, Mike Bilek, and Spencer Hughes! Thank you!!
Great video documentary and this Lady Vet is overjoyed to hear this story of LCDR Amanda Lee & The Blue Angels. Coming from the era where women were just being allowed into the Service Academies & Commissioning sources, this story has more meaning & hits very deep for our generation of servicewomen. Well done & YES! Amanda, we never know WHO we're going to inspire by doing our best in the lane God has us in! Keep Flying High, Young Lady!! Blessings Always!!!
Absolutely amazing performance today! So proud of you Amanda and the Blue Angels!!! I was thrilled to be there and for my son to volunteer at the event and see the performances today. The precision was perfect. My son wants to be a pilot. I wasn’t able to and got admitted to West Point instead of Naval Academy. Being a Blue Angel was my dream. I cry to this day as it didn’t happen but so proud to see you represent for those of us who aspired to do what you do! 🎉❤❤
Congratulations, LCDR Amanda Lee! It was so impressive to see you being selected in “The Blue Angels” movie, and seeing you again in this presentation after your first tours really brought tears to my eyes. Well done. You’re an inspiration beyond all imagination.
I was in the first VA-106 Gladiators during Vietnam. We flew the A4E Skyhawks, great squadron. I'm so proud to see you from VFA-106 continue the legacy. God bless you in all of your journey.
Congrats! Way back in the 1970s I was privileged to be a USMC flight instructor that flew a few flights with two of the first female naval flight students at Milton, FL. Makes me proud to watch this story knowing that I had a tiny, tiny role in this great story. The Blues are the absolute best at what they do!
Maam Congratulations ! on your awesome accomplishment as a Bue Anges Pilot . I Salute you as an Air ForceVeteran & VA Rettiree ! Keep up the good work and Fly Safe Always Maa with our fellow Pilots ! HOOA H !!
All I can say is WOW! After watching the documentary and now watching it live for the first time yesterday in Pensacola gave me goose bumps and a new appreciation for the enter team.
Had family in Pensacola for years, right out the back gate of NAS. I was very impressed when I heard of you making the Blue Angels! Girl(s) dad so I’m all for motivated, inspirational ladies doing amazing things!
Ma’am you are an inspiration to boys & girls who just want to fly! As a retired RN, NP I can absolutely concur that learning to “speak” medical or aviation or any of hundreds of careers ABSOLUTELY IS learning to speak another language! So glad you speak Blue Angels & FA-18’s so well! ♥🇺🇸👍
I did a pivot too! I was a former US Navy Nurse Corps Scholarship student in college in the 1970s. Nursing wasn't a good fit for me so I got an Honorable Discharge and later became a Special Education teacher for 37 years. I was also selected for the US Army Nurse Corps Scholarship, but our family is mostly Navy! I used tobtell my fellow teachers ," I should have stayed in the Navy ! At least I would have had a helmet and a flack jacket!" That's called MASH humor. After Sandy Hook and Uvalde, if you didn't laugh ,you would NEVER STOP CRYING! My Uncle quit high school at age 17 years and was assigned to an Ammunition ship December 7,1941 at Pearl Harbor. I was able to meet many of those Survivors at the annual Summer picnic in the 1960s, not far from Valley Forge Pennsylvania. Pearl Harbor Survivors Association/ Philadelphia chapter. My own father was a former US Naval officer & scientist. Dad helped build the very first Atomic Reactors for Submarines/ Admiral Rickover's program! GO NAVY! 🫡🫡🫡⚓️⛵️⚓️🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Saw her and the rest of the Blues fly in Milwaukee last year. I haven't missed a show there since 2010 aside from rain-outs and the covid-cancelled years. It's a great location for an air show!
Amanda Lee's has the toughest of the blue angels, she is No. 4 and has the toughest work when they fly diamat, she has No-1 in front and No-2 and No-3 right and left. She is a very good pilot in the navy.
Incredible interview providing tremendous insight into this remarkably talented aviator. Her journey to the slot position IS so amazing and inspiring. I am sure she can do anything she sets her sights on. Thank you!
By far the best interview I’ve seen of Lcdr Lee. What an inspirational story. I can’t imagine the impact she is having performing for and meeting countless young people across the country. 🇺🇸
Congrats to you and your Mustang Journey, You are very Lucky you had a Chief that recognized your attributes and future contributions to the US Navy. And to fly fixed wing and go to the Blue Angels is a testament to your hard work. I had a CO CDR. Jeff Lee in our Detachment many years ago.
Lieutenant Commander Amanda Lee, you are an inspiration. I am a facilitator over at the NFA. I don’t know if the hierarchy here has asked you to come speak at our weekly graduation. But I would love for you to do so because we have so many young women here from all over the US and countries abroad, and your story is inspirational. Please think about it.
I met her at the Blue Angels performance in Vidalia, Ga in April this year. She was very nice. She is tall and we joked about having a special seat made for her.
This is why the US Navy is the best in the world. If you show a desire to demonstrate the best of your talents through hard work and commitment, the US Navy will answer your dream.
Been a fan of the BA for 50+ years growing up in a Navy family. I spend a week in El Centro watching practices every year. I also watch MKBlues YT channel he films the daily practices there. I was talking with him this year. We concluded you must love barb wire. No slot pilot liked getting closer to that runway fence than you did. Incredible. Looking forward to seeing you in Seattle.
Great interview. I got to see them at Montgomery earlier in the year - they looked amazing as always. And unsurprisingly, she was the hardest autograph to get after the show lol.
I saw the Blue Angels in Binghamton, NY last week. On takeoff Lieutenant Commander Lee has to slot into the diamond formation. I know just a little about how navigating an aircraft works. That maneuver is incredibly complex. She is just an incredible Navy Aviator. My Dad flew Hellcats during WW2 and served in the Reserves for 25 years. He would be so thrilled that women can serve in these rolls now.
Another fabulous one. I hope you get the opportunity for a less formal interview with her when she leaves the team and can tell some funny stories or just fun stories from her enlisted to officer and in the cockpit sea stories.
Those guys where always awesome there offices were in our barracks when I was in A school on NAS Pensacola. They would not wear covers so they did not have to salute the 500 Marines coming out of the barracks. It was kinda of a game we would play with them, see how many salutes we can get out of them.
Je regarde avec intérêt votre patrouille blue Angels. Très belle équipe femme hommes. En France 🇫🇷 nous avons la Patrouille de 🇫🇷 France 🇫🇷 qui est composée de 9 Alphajet aux couleurs de notre nation avec des pilotes militaires. . Nous aussi comme vous sommes fiers de nos pilotes. J’admire Amanda Lee très belle pilote qui fait jeu égal avec les hommes. 👏 bravo à elle . Bonjour de France 🇫🇷 👏👍🛩️
Thanks for a great video. She is a true American hero and I love the Blue Angels. I was just curious how Lcdr. Lee got the code name (call sign?) of "Stalin"? It seems like an unusual moniker for a small town girl from Minnesota. Just wondering.
I am absolutely stoked to see Amanda on the team. I've been a Blue Angels fan forever and even have a Blue Angels commemorative chronograph I wear every day. I wish my grand daughter could have gone into this field. She wanted to fly so badly, but her eyesight kept her from being able to go into the military. Congratulations to Amanda for making the team. It's not the fact you are a woman, but the fact you are an outstanding pilot who deserves the gig. Fly safely.
So proud for her. She truly epitomizes what a woman can do. So happy we have gotten to see her on Tuesdays for practice in P’cola the last two years and will give her a wave goodbye this Friday at Homecoming. Good luck in the future Amanda.
Congratulations to Lt. Commander Amanda Lee, This Lady is a Shining light in the Aviation World & by that I mean the Lady has Concur Ed the Elements once bound by us Boys in the Field of Flight.
May you be the First of many to come Young Lady.
A Credit to the Service you are & that shining light for not Just the Girls but us Guys to Ascend to as well.
Respectfully...
I am incredibly grateful to LCDR Amanda Lee, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, and their Public Relations team for their support in producing this project. I also want to give a shout-out to a few content creators who generously shared their footage featured in this video, including Laura Bogan, Mike Bilek, and Spencer Hughes! Thank you!!
Great video documentary and this Lady Vet is overjoyed to hear this story of LCDR Amanda Lee & The Blue Angels. Coming from the era where women were just being allowed into the Service Academies & Commissioning sources, this story has more meaning & hits very deep for our generation of servicewomen. Well done & YES! Amanda, we never know WHO we're going to inspire by doing our best in the lane God has us in! Keep Flying High, Young Lady!! Blessings Always!!!
Me too💛💙💛 she’s my idol
Amanda Lee debest off debest!!!
Absolutely amazing performance today! So proud of you Amanda and the Blue Angels!!! I was thrilled to be there and for my son to volunteer at the event and see the performances today. The precision was perfect.
My son wants to be a pilot. I wasn’t able to and got admitted to West Point instead of Naval Academy. Being a Blue Angel was my dream. I cry to this day as it didn’t happen but so proud to see you represent for those of us who aspired to do what you do! 🎉❤❤
Congratulations, LCDR Amanda Lee! It was so impressive to see you being selected in “The Blue Angels” movie, and seeing you again in this presentation after your first tours really brought tears to my eyes. Well done. You’re an inspiration beyond all imagination.
I just love her . I hope I can meet her one day . What an absolute super star she is ❤
LCDR Amanda Lee, USN is an incredible role model. Thank you for this intro.
Beautiful any way ❤❤❤ God bless you all and thank you for your service ❤❤❤❤ keep going!!!!!!😊
I loved this interview with L. C. M. R. Amanda Lee. She's an inspiration.
LCDR
She is awesome. From enlisted to LtCdr is awesome!!!
Glad you enjoyed Milwaukee, we're glad anytime the team swings by our modest little burg 😎
I was in the first VA-106 Gladiators during Vietnam. We flew the A4E Skyhawks, great squadron. I'm so proud to see you from VFA-106 continue the legacy. God bless you in all of your journey.
Congrats! Way back in the 1970s I was privileged to be a USMC flight instructor that flew a few flights with two of the first female naval flight students at Milton, FL. Makes me proud to watch this story knowing that I had a tiny, tiny role in this great story. The Blues are the absolute best at what they do!
What a awesome female aviator, thank you LCDR for your service to our beautiful Nation, The States of America 🇺🇲
Tks for sharing your story , Godbless
Thank you for your service to our country. May you fly safely. You are a great person and role model.
I admire these men and women from The U. S. Navy Blue Angels.
Maam Congratulations ! on your awesome accomplishment as a Bue Anges Pilot . I Salute you as an Air ForceVeteran & VA Rettiree ! Keep up the good work and Fly Safe Always Maa with our fellow Pilots ! HOOA H !!
She’s in an exclusive class and she deserves it. Way to go Amanda!
She's outstanding
Just saw the show in Cleveland. Always enjoy when you fine folks come to town. Thank you for a great performance!
All I can say is WOW! After watching the documentary and now watching it live for the first time yesterday in Pensacola gave me goose bumps and a new appreciation for the enter team.
Thank you for your service to this country Ma'am.
Amazing!! I got some Blue Angel autographs when I was young and it was so cool!
She is so inspiring 💙💛
Former Navy ATC here. Impressive aviator!
Had family in Pensacola for years, right out the back gate of NAS. I was very impressed when I heard of you making the Blue Angels! Girl(s) dad so I’m all for motivated, inspirational ladies doing amazing things!
Ma’am you are an inspiration to boys & girls who just want to fly! As a retired RN, NP I can absolutely concur that learning to “speak” medical or aviation or any of hundreds of careers ABSOLUTELY IS learning to speak another language! So glad you speak Blue Angels & FA-18’s so well! ♥🇺🇸👍
I did a pivot too! I was a former US Navy Nurse Corps Scholarship student in college in the 1970s. Nursing wasn't a good fit for me so I got an Honorable Discharge and later became a Special Education teacher for 37 years. I was also selected for the US Army Nurse Corps Scholarship, but our family is mostly Navy! I used tobtell my fellow teachers ," I should have stayed in the Navy ! At least I would have had a helmet and a flack jacket!" That's called MASH humor. After Sandy Hook and Uvalde, if you didn't laugh ,you would NEVER STOP CRYING! My Uncle quit high school at age 17 years and was assigned to an Ammunition ship December 7,1941 at Pearl Harbor. I was able to meet many of those Survivors at the annual Summer picnic in the 1960s, not far from Valley Forge Pennsylvania. Pearl Harbor Survivors Association/ Philadelphia chapter. My own father was a former US Naval officer & scientist. Dad helped build the very first Atomic Reactors for Submarines/ Admiral Rickover's program! GO NAVY! 🫡🫡🫡⚓️⛵️⚓️🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Awesome video as always. Can’t wait to see LCDR Amanda Lee and the rest of the Blue Angels in Cleveland.
Thank you Amanda. You’re an awesome role model for everyone you encounter
Saw her and the rest of the Blues fly in Milwaukee last year. I haven't missed a show there since 2010 aside from rain-outs and the covid-cancelled years. It's a great location for an air show!
This is so epic. She's very humble. Love our first female blue angel pilot 🙏
Amanda Lee's has the toughest of the blue angels, she is No. 4 and has the toughest work when they fly diamat, she has No-1 in front and No-2 and No-3 right and left. She is a very good pilot in the navy.
Looking forward to seeing you in Fargo later in July. From a fellow Minnesota resident, we're proud of you.
Incredible interview providing tremendous insight into this remarkably talented aviator. Her journey to the slot position IS so amazing and inspiring. I am sure she can do anything she sets her sights on. Thank you!
Loved hearing your story cousin. We are so proud of you! ❤️
An admirable young woman, and an awesome role model for girls and boys.
By far the best interview I’ve seen of Lcdr Lee. What an inspirational story. I can’t imagine the impact she is having performing for and meeting countless young people across the country. 🇺🇸
Thank you for doing this video. I was already wondering when we might see more of Amanda. Good job!
Congrats to you and your Mustang Journey, You are very Lucky you had a Chief that recognized your attributes and future contributions to the US Navy. And to fly fixed wing and go to the Blue Angels is a testament to your hard work. I had a CO CDR. Jeff Lee in our Detachment many years ago.
Congratulations LCDR Lee. You are an inspiration to all of us!
Amazing story. From the girl next door to one of the elite pilots of world. Class
Lieutenant Commander Amanda Lee, you are an inspiration. I am a facilitator over at the NFA. I don’t know if the hierarchy here has asked you to come speak at our weekly graduation. But I would love for you to do so because we have so many young women here from all over the US and countries abroad, and your story is inspirational. Please think about it.
Another amazing job Ryan..Always look forward to your videos. ❤
Thank you, Linda! I’ve always appreciate your support over the years! Hope you’re doing well!
Love this one. Great work Ryan! And thank you Stalin for the phenomenal interview!
Great video Ryan!
Thanks, Spencer! Really appreciate the fantastic footage you shared with me for this video. Much appreciated!
I met her at the Blue Angels performance in Vidalia, Ga in April this year. She was very nice. She is tall and we joked about having a special seat made for her.
Great story! Fantastic insight. Respect from a non-US citizen 🤝
You are amazing,I feel so proud for you,such an inspiration for all us❤
I am a frustrated airforce pilot in the Philippines because I was rejected for my height 5 feet 2 inches. I am happy to see you flying Ms Amanda Lee
Badass and beautiful what an honor to hear your story ❤ good luck lady
This is why the US Navy is the best in the world. If you show a desire to demonstrate the best of your talents through hard work and commitment, the US Navy will answer your dream.
You never fail to deliver Ryan 🏆 🙌
Much appreciated, Mark! Hope all is well!
Great interview.... You GO Girl!
You have inspired me ever since I heard a female was flying the blue angels last year 2023 in Oceana! Wow!!!
Thank God for that Chief who saw her potential! Awesome interview! Can anyone explain why they use the 40lb stick spring?
Awesome video Ryan! Good stuff
Thank you, alway enjoy your airshow videos!
@@BlueAngelPhantoms Thank you Ryan, that means a ton!
Are you on Instagram or any other social platforms where we can DM?
Well done piece and a great follow up to her story that we saw in the Blue Angels IMAX.
Ah I gotta say, she is a badass pilot. I saw her fly at MCCPAS and it was impressive
Been a fan of the BA for 50+ years growing up in a Navy family. I spend a week in El Centro watching practices every year. I also watch MKBlues YT channel he films the daily practices there. I was talking with him this year. We concluded you must love barb wire. No slot pilot liked getting closer to that runway fence than you did. Incredible. Looking forward to seeing you in Seattle.
That is a really nice story about how she got into aviation and the blue angels 👍
This is what an actual girl boss looks like. Humble, hardworking, and mature. She earned that blue suit and the accolades that come with it.
Awesome video!
Thank you, Scott!
Bravo Zulu, Lieutenant! Naval air rocks! From a Marine vet avionics tech for the A6......and a fellow Minnesotan.
She makes a lot of female kids happy and they look up to her.
You are Amazing ! Full respect
Good stuff chillin to watch while at work
Can’t wait to see the east coast show! Thank you for the C130 ‘Bert/Ernie shout out! ❤
Great interview. I got to see them at Montgomery earlier in the year - they looked amazing as always. And unsurprisingly, she was the hardest autograph to get after the show lol.
Very impressive lady! A great story too about her enlisting and being recognized by a Chief and recommended for an officer path and career.
Served on carriers back in the late 80s and 90s. She rocks.
I'm glad to always see former enlisted go officer in aviation. You had a great chief who saw the potential!
Great video. Love stuff like this. New subscriber!
Awesome, thank you!
Greetings from Lino Lakes, Minnesota! Proud to use you as an example of what my granddaughter can be when she grows up❤
Today was amazing for the Milwaukee Air and Water show but we missed you guys this year. 😢💙💙💛💙💙💛7/28/24
Muito linda!! parabéns Amanda!!! sucesso a vc, e toda a equipe. tenho uma grande admiração por vc, e outras mulheres q nos representa nos ares🎉🎉🎉❤bjus
I saw the Blue Angels in Binghamton, NY last week. On takeoff Lieutenant Commander Lee has to slot into the diamond formation. I know just a little about how navigating an aircraft works. That maneuver is incredibly complex. She is just an incredible Navy Aviator. My Dad flew Hellcats during WW2 and served in the Reserves for 25 years. He would be so thrilled that women can serve in these rolls now.
Congratulations LCDR. A great example of a Mustang (E to O).
We vacationed in Orange Beach AL earlier, was really hoping to see ya'll training
Another fabulous one. I hope you get the opportunity for a less formal interview with her when she leaves the team and can tell some funny stories or just fun stories from her enlisted to officer and in the cockpit sea stories.
From one AT to another. GO NAVY!!
Nice job Ryan!
the blue angels are not just a demo team, they are the best one in the world.
she is a true american hero, great video
Thank you for your service, dedication and tenacity.
VERY IMPRESSIVE. CONGRATS.
Keep up n the great work badass.
You guys need to interview the Chief that pushed B.A.4 in the direction that she needed. Ret Army.
Congratulations ❤ Very amazing 🙌🏻🫶🏻💪🏼
A good chief is everything
Those guys where always awesome there offices were in our barracks when I was in A school on NAS Pensacola. They would not wear covers so they did not have to salute the 500 Marines coming out of the barracks. It was kinda of a game we would play with them, see how many salutes we can get out of them.
we are proud of our Minnesota women.
Impressive 👍
We love her here in Pensacola
KING
Je regarde avec intérêt votre patrouille blue Angels. Très belle équipe femme hommes. En France 🇫🇷 nous avons la Patrouille de 🇫🇷 France 🇫🇷 qui est composée de 9 Alphajet aux couleurs de notre nation avec des pilotes militaires. . Nous aussi comme vous sommes fiers de nos pilotes. J’admire Amanda Lee très belle pilote qui fait jeu égal avec les hommes. 👏 bravo à elle . Bonjour de France 🇫🇷 👏👍🛩️
Made it with SKILL 💪🏼
They may never get perfection in the air. But the Team year after year picks perfection in their personnel to carry on the legacy.
Thanks for a great video. She is a true American hero and I love the Blue Angels. I was just curious how Lcdr. Lee got the code name (call sign?) of "Stalin"? It seems like an unusual moniker for a small town girl from Minnesota. Just wondering.
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