{"id":851,"date":"2023-03-16T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:24:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:24:48","slug":"blue-angels-get-a-little-help-from-their-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"Blue Angels Get a Little Help From Their Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When it comes to choreographed spectacles, it’s hard to beat the precision\u00a0of a military demonstration team\u00a0\u2014\u00a0unless, that is,\u00a0you’ve got\u00a0members of\u00a0two military demonstration teams performing together.<\/p>\n

The Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, teamed up with\u00a0fellow units for two separate events as it got performance-ready for its 2023 season.<\/p>\n

The squadron’s\u00a0F\/A-18\u00a0Super Hornets flew with their Air Force counterparts, the Thunderbirds’ F-16 Fighting Falcons, during a joint training exchange in California. And the Blue Angels’ transport aircraft, a C-130J affectionately known as “Fat Albert,” joined the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon for a photoshoot in\u00a0Arizona.<\/p>\n

The Silent Drill Platoon performed on the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma runway as Fat Albert flew overhead.\u00a0Photo by Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jade Venegas<\/em><\/p>\n

The Marines\u00a0executed various drill sequences during the low flyover\u2014which from some perspectives\u00a0looked like a fly-under. Photo by Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Pranav Ramakrishna<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Yuma performance kicked off the\u00a0Marine Corps’ 2023 Battle Color Detachment Tour. Photo by Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jade Venegas<\/em><\/p>\n

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About 70\u00a0miles west, members of the Blue Angels welcomed the Thunderbirds to their home for winter training, Naval Air Facility El Centro. Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Bobby Baldock<\/em><\/p>\n

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The two squadrons trained together at El Centro for a week. Fat Albert was there too\u2014on the ground for the teams’ celebrated joint formation, the Super Delta.\u00a0Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Dakota Carter<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds debuted the Super Delta at El Centro two years ago. They consider\u00a0it a symbol of the teamwork, discipline\u00a0and skill of U.S. service members around the globe.\u00a0\u00a0Photo by\u00a0Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Sarver<\/em>
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Here’s what the Super Delta looks like in action:<\/h4>\n

The Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds are co-headlining this weekend’s\u00a0Point Mugu Air Show<\/a> in Ventura County, California, and are welcoming military families for a special viewing of the rehearsal on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to choreographed spectacles, it’s hard to beat the precision\u00a0of a military demonstration team\u00a0\u2014\u00a0unless, that is,\u00a0you’ve got\u00a0members of\u00a0two military demonstration teams performing together. The Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, teamed up with\u00a0fellow units for two separate events as it got performance-ready for its 2023 season. The squadron’s\u00a0F\/A-18\u00a0Super Hornets flew with their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}