Scott Laux Blue Angels removal: Were pilot Scott Laux and public-affairs chief Danielle Cribb's ousters related?

Blue Angels' elite pilot Scott Laux removal from the flying team came to light when eagle-eyed people spotted a plane missing from its formation during a recent performance. Laux was removed from the Navy’s flight demonstration team for "failing to uphold" its standards, leaving the squadron with a five-jet show on Friday. The mystery surrounding Marine Maj. Scott Laux’s removal from the Navy’s top stunt flying team grew after only five planes took part in the first day of a homecoming air show on November 6. The event marked the 200th anniversary of Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, according to the Pensacola News Journal.

Military officials have not revealed when or why Laux, a second-year Blue Angels pilot, was removed from the team. His photo and biography also appear to have been recently removed from the Blue Angels’ official website. The team is known for flying in a six-jet formation.

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Scott Laux's pic with Danielle Cribb sparks frenzy

The US Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron is facing fresh questions after the biography of another officer Danielle Cribb was quietly removed from its official website. She served as the squadron's public affairs officer. Her biography reportedly disappeared from the Blue Angels' website shortly after Marine Maj. Scott Laux, was removed from the elite unit, sparking widespread speculation. The Navy has not explained why Cribb's profile was taken down or whether she has also been removed from the squadron.

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There is no official confirmation that her departure, if any, is connected to Laux's dismissal. Reddit groups are abuzz with speculation over whether they were involved with each other. Laux and Cribb, 34, were photographed together in April at a minor-league baseball game in Pensacola, where the Blue Angels are based.

However, according to The New York Post, removal of Scott Laux and Danielle Cribb have nothing to do with one another, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Capt. Danielle Cribb – who had been serving as the premier air group’s public-affairs chief – “was removed prior to and separate from Maj. [Scott] Laux,” the source told The Post on Monday.

“Blue Angel #6 was removed from the team for failing to uphold the standards expected of members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron,” a rep from the Naval Air Forces said Monday, referring to Laux.

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What do pictures of Scott Laux and Danielle Cribb show?

Re-surfaced pictures show both now-ex-employees together at a Pensacola Blue Wahoos minor-league baseball game in April, when Laux presented Cribb a promotional award behind home plate. Laux was described in the social-media post as Cribb’s “mentor.”

Scott Laux, who hails from Chantilly, Va., graduated from the US Naval Academy in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Chinese before completing Marine officer training and an extensive flight-training program. He joined the Blue Angels in September 2024 and served as the team’s narrator in 2025 before becoming one of its lead solo pilots. He married fellow academy alum Lisa Laux after graduation. She served on the USS Wyoming, one of the Navy’s 14 doomsday ballistic missile submarines. It is unclear if the pair are still together.

On the other hand, raised in Beaufort, South Carolina, Danielle Cribb joined the United States Marine Corps in 2012. She served in Japan and Qatar, where she supported aviation operations and helped plan combat missions, according to her online biography.

She became a commissioned officer in 2021 and joined the Blue Angels a little over a year ago. Her honors include three Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, three Good Conduct Medals and several unit awards.