Blue Angels open practices June 12, 18 25 & 26 at NAS Pensacola

Blue Angels open practices June 12, 18 25 & 26 at NAS Pensacola

The world’s best flight demonstration team, Pensacola’s own Blue Angels, will host open practices onboard NAS Pensacola on June 12, 18, 25 and 26. Gates open at 9:30 a.m., and the Blues take off at 10:30 a.m.
The Blue Angles will sign autographs in the Naval Air Museum atrium following many of the shows. Visit navalaviationmuseum.org for more info.
Other Blue Angels practices are scheduled July 16, 17, 23; August 21, 27; September 4, 10, 11, 17, 24; and October 16, 22, 23. The Blue Angels Pensacola Beach show is July 13.
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will join the U.S. Navy Blue Angels during the NAS based team’s Pensacola’s Homecoming Air Show Nov. 1-2.
“Having our military’s top flight demonstration teams perform at the ‘Cradle of Naval Aviation’ will undoubtedly be an experience you won’t want to miss,’’ NAS Commanding Officer Capt. Terry Shashaty said.
All U.S. citizens or U.S. nationals 18 and older must have a state-issued identification card or passport to enter NAS Pensacola.
The Blue Angels were formed 1946 to raise the public’s interest in naval aviation and boost Navy morale. Fat Albert was added as a support aircraft to move equipment between show sites in 1949.