117K views · 3.9K reactions | They are baaack! As the 2024 U.S. Navy Blue Angels soar into Annapolis this week, let's give a roaring salute to three of our United States Naval Academy alumni who are piloting on the team and proudly representing the Navy Blue and Gold: #1 Flight Leader/Commanding Officer CDR Alexander Armatas ’02, USN #6 Opposing Solo CDR Thomas Zimmerman ’09, USN #7 Narrator LT Connor O’Donnell ’15, USN | U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation | Facebook

7.9K views · 509 reactions | Our first U.S. Navy Blue Angels aircraft has joined the Air and Space collection. Hear from the pilot who flew the F/A-18C Hornet on its final flight to the Udvar-Hazy Center, Museum deputy director and naval aviator Chris Browne, and curator of U.S. Navy history Laurence Burke on this exciting new member of our collection. | National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution | Facebook

U.S. Navy Blue Angels history in flight! On Friday, the team took to the skies with one of its jets and its first two performing aircraft, the F6F Hellcat and the F8F Bearcat, before its first airshow in El Centro, California, on Saturday. Up next: The NAWS China Lake Air Show this weekend. | U.S. Navy