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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.
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".
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.
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] She also performed before an estimated 100,000 people at the MCAS Beaufort Airshow on May 22 and 23 ...
The Blue Angels were officially recommissioned in October, 1951, and Voris was again tasked with assembling the flight team (he was the first of only two commanding officers to lead the group twice). The second Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron to be commanded by Lieutenant Commander Roy M. "Butch" Voris (l to r): Lt. Tom Jones, Lt. Cdr ...
Anthony Albert Less [2] (born August 31, 1937) is a vice admiral in the United States Navy.He was Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet from 1991 to 1994. [3] He is an alumnus of Leetonia High School in Leetonia, Ohio [1] and Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio.
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]
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]