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Navy’s Blue Angels Announce New Pilots, Officers for 2019 Season
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels announced the selection of new pilots and support officers on Thursday poised to join the elite flight demonstration squadron for the 2019 air show season. The announcement occured as the Blue Angels prepared for their performances this week at the Boeing Seafair Air show near Seattle. Three […] More
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Blues Over Biloxi to showcase Blue Angels, F-16 Viper Demonstrations
BILOXI — The thrust of high performance military jets and the aerobatics of top warbirds will perform above the Mississippi Gulf Coast this weekend as the Navy’s Blues Angels headline the Blues Over Biloxi air show. The Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team, the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team, and more will perform on Saturday and Sunday […] More
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Blue Angels, top aerobatic pilots to highlight Pensacola Beach Airshow
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The tranquility of Florida’s Emerald Coast will awaken this week as the Blue Angels take to the skies above the warm Gulf waters to perform a specialized air show for beach goers during the Red, White, and Blues week. Top civilian aerobatics will join with the Navy’s elite flight demonstration squadron’s six Blue and […] More
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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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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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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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Hand Salute: Happy Veterans Day From Avgeekery.com!
Happy Veterans Day! From the grunts to the wing wipers, boomers and gas passers; to the brown shoes and the black shoes; wearers of desert boots, jungle boots, boondockers, jump boots, flight boots or deck boots; MOPPs, cranials, brain buckets, ACHs, MICHs, SPHs, HGUs, berets, boonie hats, pith helmets, leather helmets, dixie cups, 50-mission crush […] More
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VAQ-130 ZAPPERS 2016 Cruise Video is AvGeek Overdose
“To win in combat with trained aircrew and combat ready aircraft whenever called upon to support and defend the Constitution of the United States through the military element of power” Electronic Attack plays a critical role in military aviation warfare, taking out an enemy’s defenses, radar and anything dependent on electronics to operate. These squadrons […] More
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Navy’s SCORPIONS in Australia for Talisman Saber 2017
The Navy’s EA-18G Growler Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132, the “Scorpions” from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, are currently at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley in Queensland, Australia to participate in Exercise Talisman Saber 2017. More
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Top Gun Has Been Making Enemies Squirm Since the 60s
Fighter Weapons School at Miramar turned fighter pilots into zipper-suited sun gods. On March 3rd 1969 the United States Navy established its Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar outside of San Diego in California. You know the school better as TOP GUN. The school began producing pilots and crews with much improved air […] More
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This Guy Got Sucked In A Jet Engine…And Survived!
One Lucky Guy! The video starts with Carrier Air Wing 8 flight operations on the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). According to the flight deck camera time it is 03:40:57 in the morning of February 20th 1991. The carrier was one of several carriers launching air strikes in support of US and […] More
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The US Navy Tried To Build A Tilt-Rotor In The 1960s And It Worked!
Slide rules and punch tapes produced a working tiltrotor 30 years before the V-22 ever launched. In the mid 50’s the US military (especially the Navy) had a dilemma–designing and producing aircraft with long range, that were more maneuverable and faster than helicopters of the era. The goal was simple: land an aircraft across a […] More
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