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The Blue Angels perform at both military and non-military airfields, and often at major U.S. cities and capitals; also locations in Canada are often included in the air show schedule. The Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets "1–4" fly in a tight diamond formation, maintaining 18-inch (0.5 m) wingtip-to-canopy separation
The Blue Angels flew the F-4J, 1969–1974. During the war, U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom squadrons participated in 84 combat tours with F-4Bs, F-4Js, and F-4Ns. The Navy claimed 40 air-to-air victories at a cost of 73 Phantoms lost in combat (seven to enemy aircraft, 13 to SAMs and 53 to AAA). An additional 54 Phantoms were lost in mishaps. [73]
The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels are shown flying over Naval Air Station Lemoore in 2019. The California Capital Airshow announced Friday that the Blue Angels would headline their spring 2025 event.
[9] [1] She flies the F/A-18E and the F/A-18F Super Hornet. [6] Her induction and training as a new Blue Angels pilot was captured in the 2024 film The Blue Angels. [10] [11] Lee's first performance as the Left Wing demo pilot with the Blue Angels took place on March 11, 2023, in El Centro, California. [1]
The Blue Angels, or U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, showcases the best of the best among Navy and Marine Corps aviation. The pilots perform for 11 million people each year across the ...
In a show of national solidarity, the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and the Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, conducted a number of flyovers on April ...
In 2022 Armatas was named the commander of the Blue Angels to succeed Kesselring. [1] [7] Armatas's call sign is "Scribe", as the unofficial historian of his unit. [8] He flies the number-one jet and leads a squadron of 150. [2] The Blue Angels and Armatas fly in the F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet. [9]
He was the first African American pilot to fly with the Blue Angels and flew for three seasons (1986-87-88). In 1986, Captain Cochran flew the left wingman position flying the number 3 jet in the A-4F Skyhawk. In January 1986, the navy announced that the Blue Angels would be transitioning from the A-4F to the F/A-18 Hornet. The four diamond ...