The mystery over why a pilot in the Navy’s elite Blue Angels team was fired for “failing to meet standards” appeared to deepen after it was revealed that a public affairs officer who served with him had quietly scrubbed the Internet.
The Navy has not revealed when or why Maj. Scott Laux, 37, a second-year pilot for the elite squadron, was fired — but his photo and bio page have been removed from the Blue Angels’ official website.
Eagle-eyed plane watchers pointed out that Navy Captain Danielle Cribb’s profile had also been removed.
The Aviationist was the first to report this development.
Laux and Cribb were photographed together at a Pensacola Blue Wahoos minor league baseball game in April, when Laux presented him with an award for his promotion behind home plate.
Laux was described in the social media post as Cribb’s “mentor”.
The Blue Angels are based at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Laux’s dismissal from the Blue Angels was confirmed Friday, but officials did not reveal exactly why the decision was made.
“Blue Angel #6 was removed from the team for failing to meet the standards expected of members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron and will not participate in the team’s remaining performances this season,” the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) Public Affairs Office said.
The Navy did not respond Sunday to The Post’s request for comment regarding Laux and Cribb.
A voicemail left for Laux was not immediately returned.
Laux got it in 2013 after meeting his wife at the U.S. Naval Academy, according to an engagement announcement in the Columbus Dispatch.
She served on the USS Wyoming, one of the Navy’s 14 apocalyptic ballistic missile submarines.
Scott Laux, a native of Chantilly, Virginia, earned a bachelor’s degree in Chinese from the United States Naval Academy in 2012 before completing Navy officer training and an extensive flight training program.
The pilot’s military honors include two Navy and Marine Corps commendation medals and multiple unit awards.
He joined the Blue Angels in September 2024 and served as the team’s narrator in 2025.
He was notably absent from the squadron’s NAS Pensacola Homecoming air show in Florida Friday and Saturday, which celebrated the 200th anniversary of the naval air station. The squad played with five planes instead of the usual six planes.
Cribb, who grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2012 and was deployed to Japan and Qatar where she assisted in air and combat operations.
planning the mission, according to a copy of his biography still available online.
She was commissioned as an officer in 2021 and joined the Blue Angels in September 2025. Her decorations include three Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, three Good Conduct Medals and several unit awards.
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