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BLUE ANGELS
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels' 2026 season runs from March 14 in Yuma, Arizona, through the Homecoming Air Show at NAS Pensacola on November 6–7 — 32 shows across 31 cities, in a year themed around America's 250th birthday. Every stop on the official schedule is below, with a full city guide for each: dates, show times, the best viewing spots, and how to get there.
Blue Angels 2026 — Key Facts
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Aircraft
- Six F/A-18 Super Hornets
- Home base
- NAS Pensacola, Florida
- 2026 shows
- 32 shows across 31 cities
- Season
- March 14 (Yuma) – November 6–7 (Pensacola Homecoming)
- Flying since
- 1946
Last verified: June 11, 2026
2026 TOUR SCHEDULE
| Dates | City | Show | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14 | Yuma, AZ | MCAS Yuma Airshow | Guide coming soon |
| Mar 21–22 | Glendale, AZ | Luke Days | Guide coming soon |
| Mar 28–29 | Meridian, MS | NAS Meridian Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Apr 11–12 | Cocoa Beach, FL | Air-Space Expo | Guide coming soon |
| Apr 18–19 | Kingsville, TX | Wings Over South Texas | Guide coming soon |
| Apr 25–26 | Vidalia, GA | Vidalia Onion Festival Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| May 2–3 | Charleston, SC | Charleston Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| May 9–10 | Havelock, NC | MCAS Cherry Point Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| May 16–17 | Vero Beach, FL | Vero Beach Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| May 20 | Annapolis, MD | U.S. Naval Academy Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| May 23–24 | Middletown, PA | Air Dot Show Harrisburg | Guide coming soon |
| Jun 6–7 | Chesterfield, MO | Spirit of St. Louis Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Jun 13–14 | Dayton, OH | Dayton Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Jun 20–21 | Patuxent River, MD | NAS Patuxent River Airshow | Guide coming soon |
| Jun 27–28 | Baltimore, MD | Sail250 Maryland & Airshow Baltimore | Guide coming soon |
| Jul 5–6 | Wantagh, NY | Four-Leaf Air Show at Jones Beach | Guide coming soon |
| Jul 11–12 | Brunswick, ME | Great State of Maine Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Jul 18 | Pensacola Beach, FL | Pensacola Beach Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Aug 1–2 | Seattle, WA | Boeing Seafair Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Aug 8–9 | Anchorage, AKJoint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | Arctic ThunderFree | Anchorage guide |
| Aug 15–16 | McMinnville, OR | Oregon International Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Aug 22–23 | Billings, MT | Yellowstone International Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Aug 29–30 | Lake Charles, LA | Thunder Over Louisiana | Guide coming soon |
| Sep 5–7 | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland National Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Sep 19–20 | Virginia Beach, VA | NAS Oceana Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Sep 26–27 | San Diego, CA | MCAS Miramar Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Oct 3–4 | Grand Junction, CO | Grand Junction Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Oct 10–11 | San Francisco, CA | SF Fleet Week Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Oct 17–18 | Jacksonville, FL | NAS Jacksonville Air Show | Guide coming soon |
| Oct 24–25 | El Paso, TX | Amigo Airsho | Guide coming soon |
| Oct 31–Nov 1 | Peachtree City, GA | Air Dot Show Atlanta | Guide coming soon |
| Nov 6–7 | Pensacola, FL | Blue Angels Homecoming | Guide coming soon |
ABOUT THE BLUE ANGELS
The Blue Angels are the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration squadron — the second-oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, flying since 1946. Today the team flies six F/A-18 Super Hornets in formations as tight as 18 inches apart, supported by "Fat Albert," a Marine Corps C-130J that opens most shows. The squadron is home-based at NAS Pensacola, Florida, where it practices over the National Naval Aviation Museum most weeks of the season, and winters at NAF El Centro, California.
A typical demonstration runs about 45 minutes and pairs the four-jet Diamond formation with two Solo pilots flying the high-speed passes — including the famous sneak pass that arrives before you hear it. The team performs at roughly 30 shows a year, reaching around 11 million spectators.
How the schedule gets made: air show organizers apply years in advance through the Department of Defense aerial events program, and the team announces its lineup each December at the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) convention. The following season’s preliminary schedule is typically public more than a year out, and dates do shift — historically two to four changes per season for weather, maintenance, or funding reasons.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Also performing across the country this year: the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, whose 2026 tour covers 31 stops of its own.
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