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The Blue Angels recently announced a new commanding officer for the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Cmdr. Alexander Armatas, who will serve as flight leader. The squadron is based in Pensacola, Florida.
After debuting the new F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets last year, it’s back to business for the Blues this year with a full scheduled show in 2022.
The Fleet Week air show features the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the Blue Angels “Fat Albert,” the Navy Leap Frogs, a United 777, the U.S. Air Force F-22 Demo Team, and an Air Force Heritage Flight ...
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. The team has six Navy and one Marine Corps demonstration pilots.
These practices are weather permitting, and a tentative practice schedule may be viewed on the Blue Angels' website. Captain Robert L. Rasmussen, a retired Navy captain, former Navy fighter pilot and former Blue Angels demonstration pilot, served as museum director for 27 years and reported to the Naval History & Heritage Command. Also an ...
Amanda Lee (born c. 1986) is a naval aviator in the United States Navy. She was selected in June 2022 as the first female fighter jet pilot in the elite Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Lee made her debut as the Left Wing demo pilot in the number three jet on March 11, 2023, in El Centro, California , and is currently the Slot Pilot ...
The Blue Angels begin a formation before landing during the ‘Wings over Cowtown’ Blue Angels airshow media day at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Thursday, April 11 ...
The air show is typically headlined by either the United States Navy Blue Angels or United States Air Force Thunderbirds. Due to cuts to the military budget, neither team appeared at the 2013 show, but the Blue Angels appeared at the 2014 show. [2] All branches of the military are represented at the show.