Posted on 12/13/2007 6:49:13 AM PST by ConorMacNessa
PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Blue Angels, has announced its show schedule for the 2008 season.
Following winter training, the team begins the season at Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., March 8 and will conclude the season Nov. 16 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform 68 shows at 35 locations throughout the United States and Canada.
"We are extremely excited to begin our new season and represent the Navy and Marine Corps team with a safe and exciting show for 2008," said Cmdr. Kevin Mannix, the squadron's commanding officer.
(Excerpt) Read more at navy.mil ...
April 5-6: NAS Kingsville, Texas
April 12-13: Smyrna, Tenn.
April 19-20: Peoria, Ill.
April 26-27: Vidalia, Ga.
May 3-4: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
May 10-11: Barksdale AFB, Bossier City, La.
May 16-18: Andrews AFB, Md.
May 21: USNA, Annapolis, Md.
May 23: USNA Fly-By, Annapolis, Md.
May 24-25: Jones Beach, N.Y.
June 7-8: MCAS Cherry Point, N.C.
June 14-15: Quebec City
June 21-22: Davenport, Iowa
June 28-29: Huntsville, Ala.
July 5-6: Traverse City, Mich.
July 11: Pensacola Beach, Fla.
July 19-20: Duluth, Minn.
July 26-27: Twin Falls, Idaho
Aug. 2-3: Seattle, Wash.
Aug. 8-10: Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Wash.
Aug. 16-17: Chicago, Ill.
Aug. 30: Cleveland, Ohio
Sept. 1: Cleveland, Ohio
Sept. 6-7: NAS Brunswick, Maine
Sept. 13-14 Eau Claire, Wis.
Sept. 20-21 NAS Oceana, Va.
Sept. 27-28 Grand Junction, Colo.
Oct. 4-5: MCAS Miramar, San Diego, Calif.
Oct. 11-12 San Francisco, Calif.
Oct. 18-19 Little Rock, AFB, Ark.
Oct. 25-26 NAS Jacksonville, Fla.
Nov. 1-2: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas
Nov. 8-9: Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Nov. 15: NAS Pensacola, Fla.
For more news from the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels), visit www.navy.mil/local/blueangels/.
I used to work in Lexington MA just outside the gates of Hanscom. You know, they practice the day before.
Thank you...Miramar and Seattle, check!
The Oct 11-12 show should be canceled.
Yes, come to Kansas City instead!
“The Oct 11-12 show should be canceled.”....I agree, The San Francicsco City Council will not let them fly unless the planes are painted pink!
I was in SF during one of their demonstrations — damn, the noise made those liberals mad. It was sweet to see both the Blue Angels and the liberals stewings about the noise.
“The Oct 11-12 show should be canceled.”
I know what you mean, but I disagree. The commie, socialist “liberals” need to see the Blue Angels more than anyone and more than ever.
I saw them there in SF and in Texas.
If you see the Blue Angels, it makes you proud to be an American (at least it did me). The planes are beautiful and impressive, the flying and skill are incredible.
Thank God there are still Americans who want to serve, fly and defend this country, freedom and liberty and pragmatism.
I notice they have omitted Helena, MT from their schedule the last few years after that ugly incident in 2003 where a member of the Blue Angels’ maintenance crew was caught banging a drunk county commissioner in her courthouse office.
“The Oct 11-12 show should be canceled.”
I used to live there, and enjoyed the show greatly.
It was done during Fleet Week. SF used to be a Navy town to some extent.
“The Oct 11-12 show should be canceled.”
Or add a weapons demonstration. LOL
Or at least done as a live fire demonstration.
To any San Fran Freepers - I'm joking (I think).
Or moved to Oakland. Or Moffat Sunnyvale.
This is bad because???
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