Exclusive | Surprise twist in ousters of Blue Angels pilot and public-affairs chief

The removals of a Blue Angels pilot and public-affairs officer from the elite air team 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.The Navy has not disclosed when or why Cribb, 34, was ousted from her role and has provided only a vague reason for Laux’s apparently recent termination. “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.The mystery surrounding Laux’s dismissal from the stunt squadron took off last weekend after only five planes participated in an air show in Pensacola, Florida – instead of the team’s standard six-jet formation, according to the Pensacola News Journal. Around the same time, the second-year Blue Angel’s photo and biographical page were scrubbed from the famed airmen’s official website.Eagle-eyed aviation fans soon pointed out that Cribb’s profile had also seemingly disappeared from the website – a revelation that sparked rampant speculation about the nature of the duo’s possible connection. Resurfaced photos 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.”Family members of Cribb declined to discuss her employment status, only insisting that her removal from the Blue Angels’ website had nothing to do with Laux, when reached by The Post on Monday. Cribb, who was raised in Beaufort, South Carolina, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2012 and was deployed to Japan and Qatar, where she contributed to aviation operations and combat...