RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — It was a packed house at Middle Tennessee State University Friday morning as two members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron answered questions from the public.

Oliver Moreira — age 9 — spent roughly two months preparing for the event and made a jet suit with his mom. He said the Blue Angels are one of the reasons he hopes to have a career in the skies one day.

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“I like them because they do a lot of tricks and tricks that make me encouraged,” Moreira said, explaining his suit. “I can transform with it and it's really awesome and I get to impress a lot of people, and I hope one day I become a commercial pilot.”

Middle Tennessee native Mychael Kisling returned to

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