Blue Angels' F/A-18 Hornets Final Flight on Wednesday
South Texas Community News - November 5, 2020
The Blue Angels’ F/A-18 Hornets will make their final flight next Wednesday.
The squadron will fly for the last time during a 30-minute flight over Florida and Alabama. Spectators can see the Blue Angles between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Wednesday at multiple spots after they take off from Naval Air Station Pensacola. This flight will mark the Blue Angels' official transition to F/A-18E/F Super Hornets.
The Blue Angels are replacing the F/A-18C/D aircraft with 11 new Super Hornets by 2021, in time for the demonstration team's 75th anniversary. The squadron has been flying Hornets for 34 years.
The 2021 season of the Blue Angels are scheduled to start their winter training in Pensacola and continue their training at El Centro, California.
South Texas residents can see the Blue Angels with the new Super Hornets on May 1-2 at NAS Corpus Christi.