DoD Releases Blue Angels Show Schedule

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

12.15.1998

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The Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron will perform in more than 65 events in 22 states and Canada as the team enters its 53rd season in 1999.

The Blue Angels' schedule begins March 13 at El Centro Naval Air Field, Calif., and ends Nov. 13 at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla. More than 260 million people worldwide have seen the team's blue and yellow jets perform in more than 3,400 aerial demonstrations.

Using F/A-18 Hornet fighters, Blue Angels pilots mix about 30 formation and solo maneuvers in a demonstration; their show runs about 75 minutes.

BLUE ANGELS 1999 U.S. SCHEDULE

 March 13, Naval Air Facility, El Centro, Calif.
 March 19-21, Air Races Fair, Mesa, Ariz.
 March 27-28, Air Show, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi,
 Texas
 April 10-11, Air Show, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry
 Point, N.C.
 April 17-18, Air Show, Millington, Tenn.
 April 24-25, Air Show, Naval Air Weapons Station, Point
 Mugu, Calif.
 May 1-2, Air Show, NAS Fallon, Nev.
 May 8-9, Air Show, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
 May 15-16, Air Show, Dover AFB, Del.
 May 22, Air Show, Randolph AFB, Texas
 May 24, Air Show, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
 May 29-30, Air Show, NAS Patuxent River, Md.
 June 5-6, Air Show, Oklahoma City, Okla.
 June 12, Air Show, NAS Lemoore, Calif.
 June 19-20, Air Show, Yakima, Wash.
 June 26-27, Air Show, Willow Run, Mich.
 July 3-4, Air Show, Milwaukee
 July 10, Air Show, Pensacola Beach, Fla.
 July 17-18, Air Show, Davenport, Iowa
 July 24-25, Air Show, NAS Brunswick, Maine
 July 30-Aug. 1, Air Show, MCAS Miramar, Calif.
 Aug. 7-8, Air Show, Seattle
 Aug. 21-22, Air Show, Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass.
 Aug. 28-29, Air show, Rochester, N.Y.
 Sept. 4-6, Air Show, Cleveland
 Sept. 11-12, Air Show, Halifax, Nova Scotia
 Sept. 18-19, Air Show, NAS Oceana, Va.
 Sept. 25-26, Air Show, Wilmington, N.C.
 Oct. 2-3, Air Show, Salinas, Calif.
 Oct. 9-10, Air Show, San Francisco
 Oct. 1-17, Air Show, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
 Oct. 23-24, Air Show, Little Rock AFB, Little Rock, Ark.
 Oct. 30-31, Air Show, Moody AFB, Moody, Ga.
 Nov. 6-7, Air Show, NAS Jacksonville, Fla.
 Nov. 12-13, Air Show, NAS Pensacola, Fla.

Story by American Forces Press Service

• Date Taken: 12.15.1998
• Date Posted: 07.04.2025 00:10
• Story ID: 527994
• Location: WASHINGTON, US