"Blue Angels The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron, with aviators from the Navy and Marines. The Blue Angels team was formed in 1946, making it the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931. The Blue Angels' six demonstration pilots currently fly the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, typically in more than 70 shows at 34 locations throughout the United States each year, where they still employ many of the same practices and techniques used in their aerial displays in their inaugural"
"Defense and recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration. The team was officially commissioned as the U.S. Navy Parachute Team in 1974 by the Chief of Naval Operations and assigned the mission of demonstrating Navy excellence throughout the United States. Originally, there were two Navy Parachute Teams. The East coast team (NPT East) was called the ""Chuting Stars"" and the West coast team (NPT West) the ""Leap Frogs"". Because of budget constraints in the mid-1980s, the Chuting Stars were disbanded and the Leap Frogs assumed responsibility for all US Navy parachute demonstrations. Aircrew survival equipmentman Aircrew survival equipmentmen are survival equipment"
"availability. Most aircraft can be toured by visitors, with active-duty service personnel on hand to answer questions. The displays are informally grouped into areas representing: Most years the performance schedule is highlighted by the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, who perform each day of the show. In 2007, the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, performed at the show (the two teams never perform together ). These performances mark the end of each day's aerial performance schedule, except for the Saturday twilight show. Separately, the Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornet and USMC AV-8B Harrier usually"
"jet demonstration teams. In the United States, those are the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and USAF Thunderbirds. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will headline many airshows in Canada and the United States. Many airshows in the United Kingdom are headlined by the RAF's Red Arrows. Solo military jet demos, also known as tactical demo, feature one aircraft, usually a strike fighter or an advanced trainer. The demonstration focuses on the capabilities of modern aircraft used in combat operations. The display will usually demonstrate the aircraft's very short (and often very loud) rolls, fast speeds, slow approach speeds, as well as their"
"team, naming him Officer-in-Charge and Flight Leader. Voris selected three fellow instructors to join him (Lt. Maurice ""Wick"" Wickendoll, Lt. Mel Cassidy, and Lt. Cmdr. Lloyd Barnard, veterans of the War in the Pacific), and they spent countless hours developing the show. The group perfected its initial maneuvers in secret over the Florida Everglades so that, in Voris' words, ""if anything happened, just the alligators would know"". The team's first demonstration before Navy officials took place on 10 May 1946 and was met with enthusiastic approval. On 15 June Voris led a trio of Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats, specially modified to"
"Southern Air Show at Jacksonville, Florida's Craig Field. The group, known simply as the ""Navy Flight Exhibition Team"", thrilled spectators with low-flying maneuvers performed in tight formations, and (according to Voris) by ""...keeping something in front of the crowds at all times. My objective was to beat the Army Air Corps. If we did that, we'd get all the other side issues. I felt that if we weren't the best, it would be my naval career."" The Blue Angels' first public demonstration also netted the team its first trophy, which sits on display at the team's current home in Naval"
"United States Air Force Thunderbirds The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (""Thunderbirds"") is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force The Thunderbirds are assigned to the 57th Wing, and are based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Created in 1953, the USAF Thunderbirds are the third-oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after the United States Navy Blue Angels formed in 1946 and the French Air Force Patrouille de France formed in 1931. The Thunderbirds Squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially"
"reach the Hawaiian Islands from the mainland by air."" Formed by Lt. Daniel W. 'Tommy' Tomlinson, the Navy's first aerobatic stunt team came together in late 1927.<BR>The aerial stunt team consisted of Lt. Tomlinson, Ltjg. William V. Davis and Ltjg. A. P. Storrs III. The stunt team performed its first demonstration in January 1928, flying three Boeing F2B-1 and F2B-2 fighters in San Francisco. They soon received an official name of the ""Three Sea Hawks"". Under this name, their first public performances were from 8–16 September 1928, during the National Air Races week at Mines Field (now Los Angeles International"
"have flown eight different demonstration aircraft and five support aircraft models: This show routine was used in 2017. During its history, 27 Blue Angels pilots have been killed in air show or training accidents. Through the 2017 season there have been 261 pilots in the squadron's history, giving the job a roughly 10% fatality rate. Blue Angels The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron, with aviators from the Navy and Marines. The Blue Angels team was formed in 1946, making it the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after"
"inside repeatedly deflate and inflate, interfering with that stability. To prevent blood from pooling in their legs, Blue Angel pilots have developed a method for tensing their muscles to prevent blood from pooling in their lower extremities, possibly rendering them unconscious. Formed as the ""Flight Exhibition Team"" in March 1946 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida by Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Chester Nimitz, in an effort to raise awareness of naval aviation and boost morale. The team performed their first flight demonstration on June 15, 1946 in Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft. The squadron was officially redesignated as the"
"Demo Team (F-15 Eagle) 2006: U.S. Navy Blue Angels 2007: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds 2008: U.S. Navy Blue Angels 2009: U.S. Navy Blue Angels, USAF A-10 West Demo (A-10 Thunderbolt II), USMC AV-8B Harrier Demo (AV-8B Harrier II) 2010: Tora! Tora! Tora!, US Navy F/A-18C Hornet VFA-122 Demo Team (F/A-18 Hornet), USAF F-15E Strike Eagle East Demo (F-15 Eagle), USAF A-10 West Demo (A-10 Thunderbolt II) 2011: U.S. Navy Blue Angels & HopperFlight (L-39 Albatros) 2012: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds 2013: Tora! Tora! Tora! 2014: F-22 Raptor Demo Team & Randy Ball (MiG-17) 2015: U.S. Navy Blue Angels, Red Star"
"""United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron"" in December 1974. The Blue Angels name was suggested by Right Wing Pilot Lt. Maurice ""Wick"" Wickendoll after reading about the Blue Angel nightclub in ""The New Yorker"" magazine. The first official Blue Angels team insignia or “crest” was designed in 1949 by Flight Leader Lt. Cmdr. Raleigh ""Dusty"" Rhodes. The aircraft silhouettes change as the team changes aircraft. Originally, demonstration aircraft were navy blue (nearly black) with gold lettering. The current shades of blue and yellow were adopted when the team transitioned to the Bearcat in 1946. For a single year, in 1949,"
"fly individual demonstrations. The MV-22 Osprey has also been featured since the 2011 show. In 2014, the Marine Corps F-35B Lightning flew for the first time at the show. Though focused on Marine Corps and Navy assets, the show also regularly includes U.S. Air Force aircraft, including the F-22 Raptor and other fighter aircraft when available. The U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team frequently performs, and often jumps during the twilight show. Since 1999, the show has often featured a Navy Legacy Flight, where modern jets fly in formation with aircraft from previous eras in celebration of military veterans and"
"Patriots Jet Team The Patriots Jet Team is a civilian aerobatic formation team that performs in air shows across the western United States of America. The team currently operates as a six-ship team, flying the Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros. The Patriots are based in Byron, California. The team began flying demonstrations in 2003 with just two L-39 aircraft. In the 2004 airshow season a third L-39 was added. With the success of the 2005 season, the Patriots added a fourth jet for the 2006 season. In 2010, the Patriots Jet Team expanded to a six-ship aerobatic formation team. The team"
"full Thunderbird paint scheme). 4520th Air Demonstration Squadron USAF Air Demonstration Squadron 4520th Air Demonstration Squadron USAF Air Demonstration Squadron 4520th Air Demonstration Squadron USAF Air Demonstration Squadron United States Air Force Thunderbirds The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (""Thunderbirds"") is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force The Thunderbirds are assigned to the 57th Wing, and are based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Created in 1953, the USAF Thunderbirds are the third-oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after the United States Navy Blue Angels formed in 1946 and the French"
"be completed 2021. All team members, both officer and enlisted, pilots and staff officers, come from the ranks of regular Navy and United States Marine Corps units. The demonstration pilots and narrator are made up of Navy and USMC Naval Aviators. Pilots serve two to three years, and position assignments are made according to team needs, pilot experience levels, and career considerations for members. Other officers in the squadron, including a Naval Flight Officer who serves as the Events Coordinator, three USMC C-130 pilots, an Executive Officer, a Maintenance Officer, a Supply Officer, a Public Affairs Officer, an Administrative Officer,"
"Aviation Cadet Training Program (USN) The US Navy had four programs (NavCad, NAP, AVMIDN, and MarCad) for the training of naval aviators. In 1908 at Fort Myer, Virginia, a demonstration of an early ""heavier-than-air"" craft was flown by a pair of inventors named Orville and Wilbur Wright. Two navy officers observing the demonstration were inspired to push for the navy to acquire aircraft of their own. In May, 1911 the navy purchased their first aircraft. From 1911 to 1914 the navy received free flying lessons from aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss at North Island, San Diego, California. In 1911, the navy"
"The US Air Force approved the demonstration in 2007, replacing Air Combat Command's F-15C demonstration team. The first team commander and pilot was Paul ""Max"" Moga, who performed the demonstration for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Major David ""Zeke"" Skalicky was the team's second pilot from 2009-2010, who was followed by Major Henry ""Schadow"" Schantz (2011-2013), Major John ""Taboo"" Cummings (2014-2015), and Major Daniel ""Rock"" Dickinson (2016-2017). Major Paul ""Loco"" Lopez will be the current pilot for the 2018-2019 season. F-22 Raptor Demo Team The F-22 Demonstration and Heritage Flight Team is an American flight demonstration team stationed at the"
"demonstration team that augmented the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the ""Blue Angels"", and the U.S. Air Force's demonstration squadron, the ""Thunderbirds"", at air show locations other than those where the ""Blue Angels"" or ""Thunderbirds"" were performing on a given weekend during the air show season. Both VA-209 and the ""Air Barons"" were disestablished in 1972. During the latter half of the Cold War from 1970 until 1990, and continuing on from the post-Cold War period until 1995, NAS Glenview was primarily the home of two Naval Air Reserve patrol squadrons, Patrol Squadron SIXTY (VP-60) and Patrol Squadron NINETY (VP-90)."
"1946 season. An estimated 11 million spectators view the squadron during air shows each full year. The Blue Angels also visit more than 50,000 people in a standard show season (March through November) in schools and hospitals. Since 1946, the Blue Angels have flown for more than 260 million spectators. As of November 2011, the Blue Angels received $37 million annually out of the annual DoD budget. The mission of the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron is ""To showcase the pride and professionalism of the United States Navy and Marine Corps by inspiring a culture of excellence and service"
"the team performed in an all-yellow scheme with blue markings. On 24 April 1946, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Chester Nimitz issued a directive ordering the formation of a flight exhibition team to boost Navy morale, demonstrate naval air power, and maintain public interest in naval aviation. However, an underlying mission was to help the Navy generate public and political support for a larger allocation of the shrinking defense budget. In April of that year, Rear Admiral Ralph Davison personally selected Lieutenant Commander Roy Marlin ""Butch"" Voris, a World War II fighter ace, to assemble and train a flight demonstration"
"United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the precision-flying team known as the Blue Angels. Because of contamination by heavy metals and other hazardous materials during its history, it is designated as a Superfund site needing environmental cleanup. The air station also hosts the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), the latter of which provides training for all naval Naval Flight Surgeons, Naval Aviation Physiologists, and Naval Aviation Experimental Psychologists. With the closure of Naval Air Station Memphis in Millington, Tennessee and the transition of that facility to Naval Support Activity Mid-South, NAS Pensacola"
"award was given to a Marine Corps air station since 1994. The show includes a large selection of ""static"" (non-flying) displays representing aircraft from the United States Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Air Force, as well as civilian and historic military aircraft. Numerous commercial vendors, recruiting displays representing all of the United States armed forces, area law enforcement recruiters, civilian flight organizations and a business and franchise fair are also on site. The show's daily performance schedule includes military and civilian aircraft, usually highlighted by the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and is largely the same for"
"to one used by VA-106 from April 1952 until disestablishment on November 7, 1969. VFA-106 are also well known for the airshow TAC DEMO Team. The team flies the F/A-18C and F/A-18F to show sites in the eastern United States. Instructors of the squadron fly the aircraft, and serve on a year schedule. The team demonstrates maneuvers used in training and combat flights. VFA-122 takes the western part of the United States for demonstrations. Typically two F/A-18s are sent to the show site, one being the demonstration aircraft and the other being a spare in case the demo jet suffered"
"Skytrain II, UC-35C/D Citation Ultra/Encore, C-12B/F Huron, and C-20G Gulfstream IV, as well as the HH-46E in a search and rescue role. A single Marine Corps C-130 Hercules, ""Fat Albert,"" is used to support the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration team, the ""Blue Angels"". United States Marine Corps Aviation United States Marine Corps Aviation is the air component of the United States Marine Corps. Marine aviation has a very different mission and operation than its ground counterpart, and thus, has many of its own histories, traditions, terms, and procedures. Today, Marine aviation is task organized to support the Marine Air-Ground Task"
"Snowbirds Officially known as the Canadian Forces 431 Air Demonstration Squadron (), the Snowbirds are Canada's military aerobatics or air show flight demonstration team whose purpose is to ""demonstrate the skill, professionalism, and teamwork of Canadian Forces personnel"". The squadron is based at 15 Wing, near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The Snowbirds are the first Canadian air demonstration team to be designated as a squadron. The show team flies 11 CT-114 Tutors—nine for aerobatic performances, including two solo aircraft, and two as spares, flown by the team coordinators. Approximately 80 Canadian Forces personnel work with the squadron full-time; 24 personnel are"
"VX-9 Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (""AIRTEVRON NINE"", VX-9, nicknamed ""The Vampires"") is a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California. Using the tail code ""XE"", the squadron operates numerous aircraft and helicopters of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9), originally Air Development Squadron Five (VX-5), was commissioned on June 18, 1951 at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, with 15 officers, 100 enlisted men, and nine AD Skyraider aircraft. The squadron was under the operational control of Operational"
"F-22 Raptor Demo Team The F-22 Demonstration and Heritage Flight Team is an American flight demonstration team stationed at the home of Air Combat Command at Langley AFB in Hampton, Virginia. The team flies the USAF's Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor at airshows around the globe, performing air maneuvers that demonstrate the supermaneuverability of the F-22. These demonstrations include the power loop, split, and tail slide, as well as a high speed pass and dedication pass. These maneuvers are based on those designed for combat operations, but are performed at much lower altitudes than most pilots are certified to fly at."
"(COMOPTEVFOR) and administratively to Commander, U.S. Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC). VX-9 Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (""AIRTEVRON NINE"", VX-9, nicknamed ""The Vampires"") is a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California. Using the tail code ""XE"", the squadron operates numerous aircraft and helicopters of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9), originally Air Development Squadron Five (VX-5), was commissioned on June 18, 1951 at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, with 15 officers, 100 enlisted men, and nine"
"Since 1966, this foundation has raised tens of millions of dollars to construct the museum, build exhibits, recover and restore aircraft, and develop educational programs like the National Flight Academy. Practice demonstrations by the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, may be viewed from the museum most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings between March and November. 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, was the former director and reported"
"Aviation Nation Aviation Nation, sometimes referred to as ""America's Air Show"", is the annual award-winning air show of the United States Air Force. The show is hosted at Nellis Air Force Base in November of each year. Being held at Nellis means that the Thunderbirds usually perform at this air show at their home base as their last show of the year. Since Nellis is the leading Air Force combat training center, the show is able to feature the newest Air Force aircraft like the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lighting II. The air show is a three-day event and is"
"from relatively small civic events to nationally and internationally televised events (such as ""Monday Night Football"" games, NASCAR races, and large international airshows). The two, 12-member teams travel around 240 days per year, and use the team's two Fokker C-31A Troopship jump aircraft as their primary means of transportation, and sometimes the UV-18C Twin Otter Series 400 made by Viking. The two demonstration teams are dubbed the Gold Team and Black Team, in reference to the official Army colors. Team members come from a variety of backgrounds in one of the 150 jobs available in the US Army. Each team"
"Black Cats (Royal Navy) The Black Cats are the Royal Navy's helicopter display team. The team is composed of two AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA.2 anti-submarine and anti-shipping helicopters, with the aircraft and crews drawn from 825 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset. The team performs at airshows and other public events around the UK and Europe. They perform a display which mixes close formation, opposition and synchronised manoeuvres. The Black Cats were formed in 2001 and performed with the Westland Lynx. For their first three display seasons, the team was known as the 'Lynx Pair' - the ""Black"