WATCH: Here’s How The Blue Angels Became Pop Culture Stars
The Blue Angels Had Sweet Dreams It’s taken a while, but we believe we’ve found the best quality upload of the classic 1986 Blue Angels music video. The visuals are…
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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk: That Little Attack Jet That Could
Heinemann’s Hot Rod Was Diminutive in Stature But Still Hugely Capable Author’s note: This is the first of a multiple part series on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. This piece focuses…
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The Flawless Diamond: Digging Deeper Into The Blue Angels Atrium Skyhawks
If you have ever been to the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, you have no doubt seen the Blue Angels Atrium. The atrium is…
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Watch and Listen as 70 Years of US Navy Blue Angels History Come Alive
This Blue Angels retrospective was produced by the Blue Angels Association to celebrate the team’s 70th Anniversary in 2016. The video intermixes performance footage tracing all the way back to…
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Watch: The Blue Angels Were Reborn When They Flew The A-4F Skyhawk
The United States Navy (USN) Precision Flight Demonstration Squadron. Otherwise known as The Blue Angels, began flying performances in the Douglas A-4F Skyhawk in 1975. Compared to the McDonnell Douglas…
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Bye Bye F-4! When USAF Thunderbirds “Downsized” Due To Oil Crisis
When the United States Air Force (USAF) Precision Flight Demonstration Team transitioned from the McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II to the Northrop T-38 Talon in 1974, they did so in…
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Watch The “Fighting Omars” Simulate The Enemy With Their Skyhawks
The Navy’s Fighter Squadron Composite TWELVE (VFC-12) Fighting Omars have provided adversary training to East Coast-based carrier air wings since September 1st 1973, when they were established as Fleet Composite…
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BAT 21 Bravo: When Combat SAR Was Put to the Ultimate Test
Gene Hambleton Landed in the Middle of the Largest NVA Offensive of the War…and Lived to Tell About It. On April 2, 1972 over South Vietnam, two United States Air…
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