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An Alaska Airlines flight got permission to descend from its cruise altitude to 28,000 feet so the passengers could watch the Blue Angels refueling on their way from Alaska to Seattle.

While the theoretical service ceiling of most tactical jets is over 50,000 feet, in reality, they tend to operate in the upper 20,000 to 30,000 foot range, well below the cruising altitude of most commercial airliners.