The United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, better known to aviation fans worldwide as the Blue Angels, first took to the skies as a team on June 15, 1946. Legendary Admiral Chester W.

The U.S. Navy's aerial display team, the Blue Angels, has been thrilling crowds since it was founded in 1946. The team flies the F/A-18 Super Hornet (one of Boeing's best fighters), a jet that is ...

SMYRNA, Tenn. -- One person has been reported dead after a U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashed following takeoff during a practice flight around 3 p.m. Thursday, according to a county fire dispatcher.

SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — A Blue Angels pilot who died when his F/A-18 fighter jet crashed near Nashville, Tennessee, had wanted to fly since he was a child, relatives said. A U.S. official identified the ...

SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) – A Blue Angels F/A-18 fighter jet crashed Thursday near Nashville, Tennessee, killing the pilot just days before a weekend air show performance, officials said. A U.S. official ...

SMYRNA, Tenn. (ABC/WKRN) – At least one person was killed after a U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashed Thursday afternoon in Smyrna, about 24 miles south of Nashville, ahead of their weekend airshow at ...

Foundation founder praises daughter Lexi as inspiration Foundation outreach includes VA clinics, air shows The Great Tennessee Air Show will offer aircraft attractions in the air and ground to witness ...