In the wake of last week's fatal Blue Angels jet crash in Tennessee, a San Francisco lawmaker wants to ban the famed F/A-18 fighter jets from being able to fly over his city -- and, in his words, "strafe neighborhoods."
City Supervisor John Avalos, who long has waged a public battle decrying the squadron's aerial acrobatics over San Francisco -- at one point calling them loud "killing machines" -- has introduced a nonbinding resolution to require the jets to only fly over the bay.
He says the ban on flights over populated areas is needed to protect residents, and give them peace of mind.
Its about them crashing and hitting a building a place where people live, Avalos told the San Francisco Chronicle. Its about the terror that they cause in people when they strafe neighborhoods. Thats something I hear about all the time when Blue Angels fly overhead.
