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