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bejohnson
12-11-2003, 11:44 PM
United States Department of Defense
News Release
Media contact: 1 (703) 697-5131
Public contact: 1 (703) 428-0711

No. 937-03
IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2003


Blue Angels 2004 Show Schedule Announced

The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, announced yesterday its show schedule for the 2004 show season. Following winter training, the team begins the season at Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., March 13, 2003, and concludes the season Nov. 13, 2003, at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform 69 shows at 35 locations throughout the United States and Canada during the 2004 season.


Demonstration sites are selected in support of the objectives of the Department of Defense and in the interest of the armed services with safety as the primary consideration. Performances greatly assist the Navy’s recruiting and retention goals and enhance esprit de corps among uniformed men and women, as well as demonstrate the professional skills and capabilities of the armed forces to the American public. The schedule is as follows:



DATE............SITE

March 13........Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif.
March 20-21.....Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.
March 27-28.....Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
April 3-4.......MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
April 17-18.....Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss.
April 24-25.... Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
May 1-2.........Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
May 8-9.........Naval Air Station Atlanta, Ga.
May 15-16.......Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
May 22-23.......Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas
May 26..........U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
May 29-30.......Calverton, N.Y.
June 5-6........Myrtle Beach, S.C.
June 12-13......Bermuda
June 19-20......Oklahoma City
June 26-27......Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
July 3-4........Traverse City, Mich.
July 9-10.......Pensacola Beach, Fla.
July 17-18......Rochester, N.Y.
July 24-25......Peoria, Ill.
July 30.........Helena, Mont.
Aug. 1..........Helena, Mont.
Aug. 7-8........Seattle
Aug. 21-22......Chicago
Aug. 28-29......Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Sept. 4-6.......St. Louis
Sept. 11-12.....Shearwater, Nova Scotia
Sept. 18-19.....Nantucket, Mass.
Sept. 25-26.....Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
Oct. 2-3........Salinas, Calif.
Oct. 9-10.......Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Oct. 16-17......Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
Oct. 23-24......Naval Air Station New Orleans, La.
Oct. 30-31......Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.
Nov. 6-7........Key West, Fla.
Nov. 12-13......Naval Air Station Pensacola.

For more information, contact the Blue Angels Public Affairs Office at (850) 452-3955 or bapao@navy.mil.
If you have never watched the Blue Angels try and catch one of the shows. They are fantastic.

marko3xl3
12-11-2003, 11:45 PM
Originally posted by bejohnson
If you have never watched the Blue Angels try and catch one of the shows. They are fantastic.

No SFO in 2004? Awww....

zgozz
12-12-2003, 01:55 AM
Unreal:hail :jawsdown

JCYC5
12-12-2003, 02:15 AM
Hmm... i wish i can watch it...but i'm no where near the states at the time...

Ed, get a nice fast lens like the EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM and get us some sweet pictures!

bejohnson
12-12-2003, 09:56 AM
Originally posted by JCYC5
Hmm... i wish i can watch it...but i'm no where near the states at the time...

Ed, get a nice fast lens like the EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM and get us some sweet pictures!

Still photography can't do justice to them and unless you have a wide screen movie theater, movies are not much better.

They'll be at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii on October 9-10. That's just a hop skip and a jump from Hong Kong.:rofl2

bejohnson
12-12-2003, 10:07 AM
I thought I'd post a few pictures.


The U.S. Navy’s premiere Flight Demonstration Team, the “Blue Angels”, are stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, and fly the McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 “Hornet” strike fighter. Scheduled in over 36 locations with hundreds of shows per. annual season, the proud tradition of courage and excellence has lasted since they were established in 1946. U.S. Navy Photo

bejohnson
12-12-2003, 10:17 AM
Another shot

bejohnson
12-12-2003, 10:19 AM
Another

bejohnson
12-12-2003, 10:21 AM
A shot of the Canadian Snowbirds

Maniacmous
12-12-2003, 10:38 AM
I saw a film about the Blue Angels once in an IMAX theater...was def. one heck of an immersive experience, absolutely awe-inspiring. :jawsdown