Blue Angels
The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, first performed in 1946 and is currently the oldest formal flying aerobatic team. The squadron's six demonstration pilots fly the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in more than 70 shows at 34 locations throughout the United States each year, where they still employ many of the same practices and techniques used in their aerial displays in 1946.
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Blue Angel #7 in Hangar 2007.dng
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Blue Angel #7 Canopy 2007.dng
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Blue Angels C-130 Hercules Fat Albert 2007.dng
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Blue Angels Solo #5 Inverted.dng
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Blue Angels Diamond 2007.dng
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Blue Angels Fortus Head On 2007.dng
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Blue Angels Dirty Diamond 2007.dng
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Blue Angels Solo #5 Climbing 2007.dng
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Blue Angels Solo #6 2007-2.dng
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Blue Angels in Cleveland, Ohio 2010, waiting for their pilots.dng
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Blue Angels #1 and #2 taxiing, 2010.dng
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Blue Angels #2 and #3 taxiing, 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Diamond in Cleveland, Ohio 2010, smoke check before practice-2265.dng
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Blue Angels Diamond in Cleveland, Ohio 2010, Diamond Loop during first practice-2274.dng
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Blue Angels #4 inverted during first practice in Cleveland, Ohio 2010-2359.dng
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Blue Angels #4 Banking Out During Practice 2010.dng
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Blue Angels #1 Taxiing 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Solo Afterburner Takeoff Cleveland 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Diamond Belly 2010.dng
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Blue Angles Diamond and Solos 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Diamond Roll Setup 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Diamond Roll 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Dirty Diamond 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Double Farvel 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Diamond Crossover Break 2010.dng
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Blue Angels #5 Dirty Take Off 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Solo #6 Low Take Off 2010.dng
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Blue Angels #6 Low Over the Lake 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Solo #6 Skimming the Lake 2010.dng
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Close Up of Blue Angels Solo #5 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Solo #5 Inverted Climb 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Fat Albert Taxiing 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Fat Albert low take off 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Fat Albert Climbing 2010.dng
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Blue Angels Fat Albert Prop Vapor Trails 2010.dng
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Side Shot of Blue Angels C-130 Hercules Fat Albert 2010.dng