Blue Angels release 2016 schedule - includes two annual shows in Pensacola
The Navy flight demonstration squadron the Blue Angels announced updates to the 2015 air show schedule and released the 2016 show schedule at the International Council of Air Shows convention, according to a news release. The Blue Angels are scheduled to fly in 65 demonstrations at 35 locations in 2015 and 69 demonstrations at 36 locations in 2016.
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2015 schedule changes include:
•May 23-24: Show added in Rochester, N.Y.
•July 4-5: A show in Eau Claire, Wis., replacing the St. Cloud, Minn., show.
•Sept. 1-2: Date change and show extension in Atlantic City, N.J.
•Nov. 7: The return of the NAS Pensacola homecoming show to a one-day show.
2016 show schedule:
March
•12: NAF El Centro, Calif.
•19-20: Antelope Valley, Calif.
April
•2-3: NAS Key West, Fla.
•9-10: NAS Kingsville, Texas
•16-17: Knoxville, Tenn.
•23-24: NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas
•30: MCAS Cherry Point, N.C.
May
•1: MCAS Cherry Point, N.C.
•7-8: Lincoln, Neb.
•14-15: St. Louis, Mo.
•21-22: Lynchburg, Va.
•25-27: USNA, Md.
•28-29: Jones Beach, N.Y.
June
•4-5: Smyrna, Tenn.
•11-12: Syracuse, N.Y.
•18-19: Dayton, Ohio
•25-26: Vero Beach.
July
•2-4: Traverse City, Mich.
•9-10: Milwaukee, Wis.
•16: Pensacola Beach.
•23-24: Sioux Falls, S.D.
•30-31: Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
August
•6-7: Seattle, Wash.
•20-21: Brooklyn, N.Y.
•27-28: Cape Cod CGAS, Mass.
September
•3-5: Cleveland, Ohio
•10-11: NAS Oceana, Va.
•17-18: Reno, Nev.
•24-25: MCAS Miramar, Calif.
October
•1-2: Aurora, Colo.
•8-9: San Francisco, Calif.
•15-16: Baltimore, Md.
•22-23: Houston, Texas
•29-30: NAS Patuxent River, Md.
November
•5-6: NAS Jacksonville.
•11-12: NAS Pensacola.
For information about individual air shows, please go to each air show's official website.
For more information about the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, including the 2015 and 2016 air show schedules, please visit www.blueangels.navy.mil.
Crowds fill Pensacola Beach ahead of Friday's full-scale dress rehearsal for the Pensacola Beach Blue Angels Air Show. Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com