The hard-working professionals behind the #BlueAngels demonstration. The Blue Angels is composed of many work centers who all come together to support our mission of showcasing the precision and professionalism of of the United States Navy and Marine Corps. This week we highlight the Avionics work center! Navy Aviation Electronics technicians and Aviation Electricians, as well as Marine Corps F/A-18 aircraft electrical systems technicians and squadron aircraft communications/navigation radar sys

49K views · 1.6K reactions | On this day in 1946, CNO Adm. Chester W. Nimitz ordered the formation of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels! 73 years later and the team continues to showcase the pride and professionalism of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps through flight demonstrations and community outreach. | U.S. Navy | Facebook

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

207K views · 3.8K shares | 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 | Facebook