Tag: Blue Angels

Roar and Mastery at Orange County Air Show

The crowd erupted as a sleek silhouette appeared in the distance. “Ladies and gentlemen,” the announcer hollered, “the F-15 Eagle.” The crowd’s noise drowned in the cry of the twin turbofan engines as the fighter jet bolted past the audience. The show was on. For the ninth time, the Stewart International Airport in Orange County…


Blue Angels Pilot Flies ‘Fat Albert’ for 75th Anniversary

OAKLAND, Calif.—This year is the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels squadron, which is performing airshows in San Francisco on the weekend of Oct. 8–10. The Blue Angels perform annual airshows in the Bay Area during Fleet Week before Columbus Day. Two new airplanes are debuting this year: the F/A-18 Super Hornet and…