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Maintainers take pride in keeping Navy’s Blue Angels on schedule
MYRTLE BEACH, SC — A group of maintainers dedicated in keeping the jets of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels operational for every air show are working long hours each day to ensure their aircraft perform in the highest standards. The pilots of the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron are the first to say that the […] More
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Record 120,000 attend inaugural Wings Over Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH, SC — Military aircraft and the nation’s top aerobatic performers took to the clear skies over Myrtle Beach for the coastal communities first air show in two decades. The area known as the Grand Strand enjoyed the inaugural event under blue skies and seasonable temperatures on Saturday and Sunday. An estimated record crowd […] More
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Blue Angels, F-16 Viper to Perform at Myrtle Beach Airshow
MYRTLE BEACH, SC — The nation’s top aerobatic pilots and popular military aircraft including the Navy’s Blue Angels, have arrived in Myrtle Beach in preparation for the region’s first air show in nearly two decades. The two-day family event is expected to entertain with top aviation performers, great food, and offer an economic boost for […] More
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Watch and Listen as 70 Years of US Navy Blue Angels History Come Alive
This Blue Angels retrospective was produced by the Blue Angels Association to celebrate the team’s 70th Anniversary in 2016. The video intermixes performance footage tracing all the way back to the team’s original Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft and personnel with music from the eras during which each aircraft was flown by the team along with […] More
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Military and Civilian Aircraft Highlight the Tuscaloosa Regional Airshow
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The thrust of jet aircraft and sights of the top warbirds of yesteryear filled the skies of western Alabama on Sunday during the final day of the Tuscaloosa Regional Air show. Over 50,000 guests arrived early for a chance to witness both military and civilian performers, including the historic A-10C Thunderbolt II, […] More
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Tuscaloosa Airshow to Host Blue Angels, Top Military and Civilian Aircraft
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Navy’s Blue Angels and many of the nation’s top military and civilian aircraft are poised to return this weekend to the skies over western Alabama for the Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show. The two-day show is scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday, and will mark the Blue Angels fifth visit to Tuscaloosa during the […] More
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Blue Angels to Headline Inaugural Wings Over Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The warm sunshine and sugar beaches of South Carolina’s Grand Strand will set the backdrop for the inaugural Wings Over Myrtle Beach air show highlighted by the Navy’s Blue Angels. The city’s first airshow in nearly twelve years will take place the weekend of April 28 and 29 as the top military and […] More
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Three-Time Blue Angels Boss Greg Wooldridge Launches Campaign for Governor
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Retired Naval aviator and three-time Blue Angels Boss Greg C. Wooldridge has tossed his flight helmet into the ring for governor of Oregon. Wooldridge, who earned his wings of gold as a naval pilot in 1971, wants to take an active position in helping his adoptive state advance in becoming a better state, and […] More
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Relive and Enjoy the Blue Angels Years of Flying the Phabulous Phantom
The United States Navy Precision Flight Demonstration Team, also known as the Blue Angels, flew the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II during performances for only five loud and fast show seasons between 1969 and 1974. In 1972 the Blues were awarded the Navy’s Meritorious Unit Commendation for the two-year period from March 1st 1970 to […] More
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Watch as the US Navy Blue Angels Thrill the Crowds at EAA AirVenture 2017
During the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture 2017 at Oshkosh in Wisconsin there were scores of thrilling airshow performances by everything from single aircraft to group formations and mass flyovers. But the highlight of the show was, for many in attendance, the performance by the US Navy Blue Angels on Fly-In Friday. The Blues were […] More
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NORAD, Military To Assist Santa On His Christmas Voyage
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The warmth of a bright red glow traveling across the evening sky will allow the military to assist Santa Claus with his special delivery of gifts across North America on Christmas Eve. Led by Rudolph and eight reindeer, Santa Claus is expected to arrive over the east coast of the United States […] More
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Eye of the Tigers: The Blue Angels Got the Most Out of Their Grumman Tigers
When Grumman produced the film “The Navy’s Blue Angels” in cooperation with the US Navy precision flight demonstration team in 1966, the Blues were flying Grumman’s F11F-1 (later F-11A) Tiger jet fighter. The Tiger was not a long-serving frontline Navy jet though. Far from it. However, the Blue Angels flew them for ten show seasons- […] More
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