{"id":5106,"date":"2026-10-10T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/aerobatic-team\/us-navy-blue-angels\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:32:29","slug":"us-navy-blue-angels","status":"publish","type":"aero_team","link":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/aerobatic-team\/us-navy-blue-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy Blue Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Blue Angels<\/strong>, formally named the <strong>U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron<\/strong>, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\">United States Navy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aerobatics\">flight demonstration<\/a> squadron.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Angels#cite_note-OFFICIAL-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> Formed in 1946, the unit is the second-oldest formal <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aerobatics\">aerobatic<\/a> team in the world, following the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrouille_de_France\">Patrouille de France<\/a><\/em>, which formed in 1931. The team has six pilots from the U.S. Navy (USN) and one from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marine_Corps\">U.S. Marine Corps<\/a> (USMC). They fly the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_F\/A-18E\/F_Super_Hornet\">Boeing F\/A-18E\/F Super Hornet<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules\">Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue Angels typically perform in 60 or more shows annually at 32 locations throughout the United States and two shows in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\">Canada<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Angels#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup> The &#8220;Blues&#8221; still employ many of the same practices and techniques used in the inaugural 1946 season.<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup> An estimated 11 million spectators view the squadron during air shows from March through November each year. The Blue Angels visit more than 50,000 people in schools, hospitals, and community functions at air show cities.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Angels#cite_note-Blueangels.navy.mil_FAQ-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> Since 1946, the Blue Angels have flown for more than 505 million spectators.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Angels#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup> In 2011, the Blue Angels received $37 million from the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Department_of_Defense\">Department of Defense<\/a> budget<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, flew its first show in June 1946, which makes it one of the oldest formal aerobatic teams in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5130,"menu_order":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-5106","aero_team","type-aero_team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aero_team\/5106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aero_team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aero_team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}