My daughter was a USAF targeteer. My neighbors wondered why there were suddenly more low flying fighter aircraft in our area. When she was in training she'd use my home's coordinates as target practice😲

The only element of the Blue Angels that has to be experienced directly to understand is the incredible SOUND of the planes scorching across the sky. They come to Chicago every year and the immense sound of the planes streaking over the city as they warm up before the show is so loud!! It's unbelievable. They show is mostly performed over Lake Michigan but the warm up is all over the city.

Can you imagine the amount of knowledge these men have because of this channel? They are probably the only individuals in their village who have seen the things they have.

My family lives in Pensacola, Florida where the Blue Angels are based out of. When they’re in town, they practice on Wednesday’s and we can sit on the front porch and watch them practice. It never ceases to amaze me to watch the speed and beauty.

I swear Sarru is growing up right before our eyes. And the amount of worldly-ness these guys are acquiring from this channel is immense. I love that for them.

Got to show the Blue Angels from the cockpit view cameras. Truly shows how close they are.

"Judgement of these people is very good."

The powerful sound as they pass you is astounding. My father and I would go every year and one flew right over my head and the sound made me jump 3 feet off the ground.

I'm thinking perhaps these men would enjoy a video of the view inside the cockpit of these types of planes - seeing the instruments and the sky/earth while performing puts a new level of respect to my mind, as the pilots are pushed to their physical limits in flight.

From the tip of the wing to the other plane's canopy (the glass over the pilot) is, on perfect flights, 46cm. Their regular jobs (Carrier Take-offs & Landings) are demanding. Landings consist of 1) finding what looks like a postage stamp on the floor from 2m away on an ocean that looks exactly the same to the horizon everywhere you look. 2) because the landing area is at an angle to the ships direction, you must constantly adjust. 3) you are in an aircraft weighing 13,000kg, traveling at 240kph, and 4) With that aircraft, wheel-to-steel (touchdown) must be in an area the size of half of a football pitch (50m x 40m). The US Navy does not refer to its men and women as "pilots". They are "United States Naval Aviators", anyone can be a pilot.

Years ago the Blue Angels performed at Barksdale Air Force Base. They fly far from the air strip to line up for the maneuvers they do for the crowd. One flew over my house so close that I could see his helmet. Those shows are so exciting and awe inspiring.

Grew up a few miles from the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, and watching the Blue Angels perform over the Severn River, was always a magnificent treat. Glad you all got to experience the excitement of watching amazing talent of the Blue Angels perform.

I want to thank you for doing these videos. I've come to love these men like brothers and a grandfather. Raeen actually reminds me of one of my cousins. I've re-learned how to find joy and wonder in life. ❤️ We do all share the world with some wonderful people. The good humans outweigh the bad, though it doesn't feel that way sometimes. 🌄🌏

Babu is very excited, Sarru loves the stunts, but Raheen totally cracks me up because when things get intense he covers his eyes. He’s tends to appear such a serious, maybe even stern sort of person, yet I think he is the most kind hearted of the three. Such a wonderful group. They are teaching us more than we are them. Great people.

I remember going to aircrew school in the Navy down at Pensacola. We got a free Blue Angels show every Wednesday. They're based at the air station there.

Seeing them in person really puts their talents into perspective . Such amazing pilots. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

the big plane is a C-130 Hercules and is nicknamed "fat albert" by the angles, it goes to all their air shows and carries most of their spare equipment for them. It is the last aircraft in the C-130 line of planes to use the JATO launch system, which straps 6 rockets to its back so the massive plane could take off from smaller runways and they used it in one of their shows for more pizzazz ;)

I really enjoyed watching these men! I was born and raised in San Diego, I saw many Blue Angel shows at the Miramar air base, I still remember the sound of those planes. Gave me goose bumps! 😍😇

Someone needs to take these men to an airshow, then get reactions, besides the U.S. Navy Blue Angels there is the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds and the Canadian AF Snowbirds, I have seen all three in person and they are all unique and fun to watch.

A few facts: the Blue Angels formed in 1946 when they saw the French “les Bleus”, this is the world’s first aerial demonstration team. Blue Angels are the second. The team thought it would be a very good idea to have its own. Thus, “The Navy Aerial Flight Demonstration Team” was born. It soon became very popular. However, in July 1946, the team got its official name of Blue Angels after one of the pilot read the same name nightclub in New York and decided the name is absolutely a perfect fit with the team since their planes have always wore a coat of “Dark Sea Blue” paint. 2. The “Blues” and the Air Force Thunderbirds fly some of the closest formations in air shows, only as far apart as 2ft or 0.5 meters! So close that one time, a pilot scratched his nose and was surrounded by his fellow pilots once they landed cause everyone saw it! 3. Blues are also the only flight demo team to not wear any G-suits since it’s feared that the suits, when inflated? Might jostle there pilots stick hand, which rest on their legs. This may tip their hand and thus the stick, cause a crash that will kill them. Currently, they fly the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet. Team consists of 5 naval pilot and 1 Marine. Pilots all have at least 2,000 flight hours and are super experienced. Although they have six planes, all single seat, the team do have at least a two seat F/A-18F to take civilians or dignitaries up for an experience flight if the order comes in!