The Blue Angels above are flying over the USS Constitution during it's 200th birthday celebration.
The Blue Angels are based in Pensacola, Florida, and will fly 68 air shows at 36 locations in the United States and Canada during the 1998 season. The squadron spends the winter (January through March) at Naval Air Facility (NAF), El Centro, California.
The mission of the Blue Angels is to enhance the Navy recruiting effort, and to represent the naval service to the civilian community, its elected leadership and to foreign nations. Overall, the Blue Angels serve as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors for the Navy.
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A Blue Angel flight demonstration exhibits the choreographed refinements of Navy-trained flying skills. It presents the graceful, aerobatic maneuvers of the four-plane "diamond" and fast-paced high performance maneuvers of the solo pilots in the number five and six jets. All six jets then perform together in the renown delta formation.
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The 1997 show season brought out more than 16 million spectators, and since 1946, the Blue Angels have performed for more than 307 million.
