They referred to themselves as The Gray Angels, a reference to the actual Navy flight-demonstration team known as the Blue Angels (formed in 1945, the Blue Angels' official title was U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, and they were first referred to as Lancers, but within a few months the references were changed to Blue Angels).
The group's self-identification as The Gray Angels was a reference to the actual Navy flight demonstration team known as the Blue Angels (formed in 1945, the official name of the Blue Angels was U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, and they were initially called Lancers but later changed to Blue Angels).