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The Blue Angels' mission is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting efforts and to represent the naval service to the United States, its elected leadership and foreign nations. The Blue Angels serve as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors for the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps.
A Blue Angels flight demonstration exhibits choreographed refinements of skills possessed by all naval aviators. It includes the graceful aerobatic maneuvers of the four-plane Diamond Formation, in concert with the fast-paced, high-performance maneuvers of its two Solo Pilots. Finally, the team illustrates the pinnacle of precision flying, performing maneuvers locked as a unit in the renowned, six-jet Delta Formation.
The team is stationed at Forrest Sherman Field, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, during the show season. However, the squadron spends January through March training pilots and new team members at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. |
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Air Show fans watch as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, perform at the St. Louis County Fair and Air Show … more |
The Blue Angels typically fly close to 60 air shows at more than 30 sites per year. During the 2009 season, the team celebrates 22 years of flying the F/A-18 Hornet. Since its inception in 1946, the Blue Angels have performed for more than 427 million fans.
Please visit the official Blue Angels web site at: www.blueangels.navy.mil
A home video of the Blue Angels' show in San Francisco can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOxq9TkFhXk
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| The Navy’s "Leap Frogs" Parachute Team is a fifteen-man team comprised entirely of U.S. Navy SEAL and SWCC commandos. Each member comes to the team for a three-year tour from one of the two Naval Special Warfare Groups located on the east and west coasts. On completion of the tour, members return to operational units.
A typical Leap Frogs performance consists of fourteen jumpers leaping out of an aircraft at an altitude of 12,500 feet. During free fall, jumpers reach speeds of 120 mph and can accelerate up to 180 mph by pulling their arms to their sides and straightening their legs into what is called a "track." The jumpers typically open their parachutes at around 5,000 feet by releasing a smaller pilot chute which deploys their main blue-and-gold canopy. After deploying their chutes, the Leap Frogs fly their canopies together to build dramatic canopy-relative work formations.
The Leap Frogs are renowned for exciting and complex formations such as downplanes, sideplanes, dragplanes, diamonds, big stacks, tri-by-sides, and T formations
After performances, the Leap Frogs make themselves available to the public to answer questions about the Navy and the Naval Special Warfare community, as well as to sign autographs.
U.S. Navy Leap Frogs;
demonstration video
Please visit the official Leap Frogs web site at: www.leapfrogs.navy.mil |
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A member of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, known as Leap Frogs, jumps into Bishop McGuiness Catholic High School during Oklahoma City Navy Week. …more |
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| The mission of Navy Bands throughout the United States is to support Navy Weeks, official Navy functions, Navy Recruiting efforts and related community events in a public relations capacity. Navy bands are comprised of top rated musicians who perform in various musical units including Ceremonial and Parade Bands, Pop/Rock Bands, Brass and Woodwind Quintets and Jazz Ensembles. From time to time, specialized ensembles can also be configured to fulfill specific performance requirements. They may be authorized to perform concerts, patriotic ceremonies and parades for the general public and school concerts in support of Navy Recruiting.
Throughout the years, Navy Bands have built an excellent reputation for quality musical performances. They remain on the cutting edge of today's popular music scene by choosing a variety of selections each year from current Top 40 charts.
Their ability to play pop, rhythm and blues, dance, Motown, classic rock, modern rock, soul, hip-hop, swing, country, and disco allows them the flexibility to please all audiences and age groups.
Listen to U.S.
Fleet Forces Band
"Four Star Edition"
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The U.S. Navy Band Southwest, the Destroyers, perform for students attending West Point Junior High School in support of Utah Navy Week. …more |
USS Constitution is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard of Boston and is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat. She defended the sea lanes against threat from 1797 to 1855, much like the mission of today's Navy. Constitution's mission today is to offer community outreach and education about the ship's history, as she welcomes more than 500,000 visitors per year.
During Navy Weeks, Constitution Sailors carry out this mission through an array of activities, such as, performing 17th century boarding pike and gun drills, teaching school children about naval history and providing color guard and humanitarian services. |
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The Navy Suburban is a Navy theme-wrapped vehicle. Out of the back of the suburban pops four interactive game stations where the public can play Sony SOCOM, a Navy SEAL inspired videogame.
Patrons at the Okra Strut Festival enjoy playing a game of Guitar Hero from the Navy Surburban during Columbia Navy Week. …more
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wo MH-60S Seahawk helicopters, assigned to the "High Rollers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 85, and a Bell 205 helicopter fly above Petco Park. …more |
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Tactical Air Demonstrations and Navy Flyovers are the Navy’s strongest visual representation, to the American taxpayer, the skill and capabilities of the U.S. Navy’s Aviation Force.
Every year U.S. Naval Aviation Squadrons, around the world, are solicited to participate in air shows, sporting-event-halftime-presentations and other public events. Their mission is simple; to razzle, dazzle and show the public the skill and hardware of the U.S. Naval Aviation program.
A typical air event can consist of a myriad of static and dynamic exhibits. Aircraft flyovers in formation, Navy fighter jets breaking the sound barrier, simulations of air-to-air and air-to-ground tactical maneuvers and mock bombing runs. These demonstrations event may also showcase in flight refueling, helicopter search and rescue techniques and much more.
Depending on the location of the event, some of the aircraft can to set up a “static display” in a public location. This display consists of an actual aircraft with the crew and/or support staff who will be standing by to answer questions and allow the occasional peek into the cockpit. |
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