The #BlueAngels Diamond is rolling! Our #1-#4 pilots, known as the Diamond, have been practicing their take-off maneuvers over El Centro, California! This is the Diamond Burner Loop from the perspective of our Slot pilot, Major Frank Zastoupil! The Blue Angels start winter training by flying further apart from one another in what appears to be a wider formation than what you would see at an air show. This wider formation allows more space between the jets as maneuvers are introduced to the new p

U.S. Navy Blue Angels history in flight! On Friday, the team took to the skies with one of its jets and its first two performing aircraft, the F6F Hellcat and the F8F Bearcat, before its first airshow in El Centro, California, on Saturday. Up next: The NAWS China Lake Air Show this weekend. | U.S. Navy

Hello, Blue Angels Fans! Today is such a significant day in our squadron's history and we invite you all to celebrate with us! 70 years ago, on June 15, 1946, the Navy Flight Exhibition Team, now known as the Blue Angels, performed its first flight demonstration at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. A big thank you to Rob Stone and Vienna Productions for this great behind-the-scenes glimpse into our Blue Angels history. #BlueAngels70 #FromHellcatsToHornets #BA70Years | U.S. Navy Blue Angel