2011 Show Schedule
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| MARCH | |
| 12 19 - 20 26 - 27 |
NAF El Centro, CA Keesler AFB, MS NAS Meridian, MS |
| APRIL | |
| 02 - 03 09 - 10 16 - 17 30 |
Sun-N-Fun, Lakeland, FL NAS Corpus Christi, TX Fort Worth JRB, TX MCAS Beaufort, SC |
| MAY | |
| 01 03 - 04 07 - 08 08 14 - 15 21 - 22 25 & 27 28 - 29 |
MCAS Beaufort, SC NAS Pensacola, FL NAS New Orleans, LA Flight Academy Fly-over, Pensacola, FL La Crosse, WI Andrews AFB, MD (reunion show) USNA show and graduation fly-over Millville, NJ |
| JUNE | |
| 04 - 05 11 - 12 18 - 19 25 - 26 |
Rockford, IL Evansville, IN Davenport, IA North Kingston, RI |
| JULY | |
| 02 - 03 09 16 - 17 23 - 24 30 - 31 |
Muskegon, MI Pensacola Beach, FL Rochester, NY Ypsilanti, MI Kalispell, MT |
| AUGUST | |
| 06 - 07 13 - 14 27 - 28 |
Seattle, WA Fargo, ND Brunswick, ME |
| SEPTEMBER | |
| 03 - 05 10 - 11 17 - 18 24 - 25 |
NAS Patuxent River, MD Lincoln, NE Millington, TN NAS Oceana, VA |
| OCTOBER | |
| 01 - 02 08 - 09 15 - 16 22 - 23 29 - 30 |
MCAS Miramar, CA San Francisco, CA NAS Lemoore, CA El Paso, TX San Antonio, TX |
| NOVEMBER | |
| 05 - 06 11 - 12 |
NAS Jacksonville, FL NAS Pensacola, FL |
2012 BLUE ANGELS Air Show Schedule
(Calendar is subject to change, cancellation, weather, etc. without notice)
March 2012
10: NAF El Centro, California
17-18: St. George, Utah
24-25: Punta Gorda, Florida
31-April 1: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
April 2012
March 31- April 1: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
7-8: Easter Weekend Off
14-15: NAS Kingsville, Texas
21-22: New Orleans, Louisiana
28-29: Warner Robins AFB, Georgia
May 2012
5-6: MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina
12-13: Smyrna, Tennesse
19-20: Andrews AFB, Maryland
21-23: Hudson River, New York
26-27: Jones Beach, New York
29: USNA (graduation fly-over)
June 2012
2-3: Norfolk, Virginia
9-10: Mankato, Minnesota
16-17: Baltimore, Maryland
23-24: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
30-July 1: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
July 2012
June 30-July 1: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2-4: Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
7-8: Dayton, Ohio
14-15: Pensacola Beach, Florida
21-22: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
28-29: Twin Falls, Idaho
August 2012
4-5: Seattle, Washington
11-12: Weekend Off
18-19: Chicago, Illinois
25-26: Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
September 2012
1-3: Cleveland, Ohio
8-9: Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
15-16: NAS Oceana, Virginia
22-23: Grand Junction, Colorado
29-30: MCAS Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii
October 2012
6-7: San Francisco, California
12-14: MCAS Miramar, California
20-21: Houston, Texas
27-28: Jacksonville Beach, Florida
November 2012
2-3: NAS Pensacola, Florida
Key
NAES = Naval Air Engineering Station
NAF = Naval Air Facility
MCAS = Marine Corps Air Station
NAS = Naval Air Station
NAVSTA = Naval Station
AFB = Air Force Base
ANG = Air National Guard
Fat Albert JATO Launches Ended in 2009
2009-09-03
The dramatic jet-assisted take-offs (JATO) of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels “Fat Albert” C-130 Hercules will end at the conclusion of the 2009 air show season, according to team officials. A popular element of the Blue Angels performances since 1975, the JATO take-offs will end due to a lack of JATO bottles, which have not been produced for the military in more than 30 years.
In fact, there are so few JATO bottles left for the team to use that there will be only a handful of JATO take-offs during the remainder of the season: the Sunday demonstration on September 19 at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada; the Friday night show on October 2 and the Saturday demonstration on October 3 at the MCAS Miramar Air Show in San Diego, California; the Saturday demonstration on October 17 at the NAS Oceana Air Show in Virginia Beach, Virginia; the Saturday show on October 24 at the Ft. Worth Alliance Air Show in Ft. Worth, Texas; the Saturday performance on October 31 at the Wings over Houston Air Show in Houston, Texas; and during the Friday night show on November 13 and the Saturday afternoon performance on November 14 during the Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show at NAS Pensacola in Florida.
Although the JATO launches will become a part of air show history, Fat Albert will remain an essential part of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, celebrating its 40th anniversary with the team during the 2010 air show season.
