Watch as the 2024 Blue Angeles perform practice flights at NAF Centro in Southern California prior to starting the 2024 air show season. The flying sequences were shot on February 24th and 22nd. A few of my shots on the 24th didn't come out that great so I made a unique combination with shots from off base on the 22nd but in order! Also tail numbers on the jets are almost completely irrelevant during winter training.
0:00 NAF El Centro Sunrise!
0:32 Pilot Intros and team history.
4:28 Blue Angels engine startup.
8:17 Blue Angels taxi out.
10:16 Flight Demonstration
28:03 Fat Albert C130 takeoff.
28:13 Blue Angels recovery
29:11 Blue Angels engine shutdown
29:49 2024 Blue Angels
31:22 Fat Albert C130 recovery.
31:54 Meet the pilots!
#1 CDR ALEXANDER ARMATAS (Commanding officer and flight leader)
#2 LCDR JACK KEILTY (Right Wing)
#3 LT WES PERKINS (Left Wing)
#4 LCDR AMANDA LEE (Slot pilot and Safety Observer)
#5 LCDR GRIFFIN STANGEL (Lead Solo)
#6 CDR THOMAS ZIMMERMAN (Opposing Solo)
#7 LT CONNOR O'DONNELL (Narrator)
#8 LCDR BRIAN VAUGHT (Events Coordinator)