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The Blue Angels, formally named the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. [1] Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, following the Patrouille de France which formed in 1931.
Donnie L. Cochran is a former United States Navy naval aviator and was the first African-American aviator to be selected to the Flight Demonstration Squadron Blue Angels in 1986. Cochran later assumed command of the Blue Angels in 1994. [1] He is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. [2]
He joined the Blue Angels in September 2019, and commanded the team from 2020 to 2022. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] He took over leadership of the Blue Angels from Capt. Eric Doyle. [ 6 ] The Blue Angels transitioned from the legacy F/A-18 Hornet to the new F/A-18E Super Hornet during the 2022 season.
In 2015, she became the first female Blue Angels pilot, [2] and flew the Blue Angels’ C-130 transport plane Fat Albert for two seasons. [3] Her first show with the Blue Angels demonstration team was in El Centro, California, in March 2015. [4] Then known as Marine Captain Katie Higgins, she made her Blue Angels debut at the age of 28. [5]
Mark Bircher is a retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general, commercial pilot , lawyer, scholar, and former Blue Angels pilot. [1] He was a Republican Party candidate in Florida's 13th congressional district special election, 2014. [1] [2] He was the Republican candidate for the 2016 election in Florida's 13th congressional district. [3]
He is the flight leader and commanding officer of the Blue Angels, an elite fighter jet flight demonstration squadron. Armatas graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2002 and was the commander of Strike Fighter Squadron 105, also known as the "Gunslingers". In 2022 he was named commander of the Blue Angels. His call sign is "Scribe".
The Blue Angels - picture taken in 1946. Rhodes was a fighter pilot based on board the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier during World War II. [1] He was shot down and captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942 in the Solomon Islands.
Robert L. "Bob" Rasmussen (born May 26, 1930 in Rio Vista, California), is a noted military artist; a retired Captain of the United States Navy; a former career naval aviator, primarily in the F-8 Crusader; a former member of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and former Director of the National Naval Aviation Museum ...