United States. Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron

Organization

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Historical Note

The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron, with aviators from the Navy and Marines. The Blue Angels team was formed in 1946, making it the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931.

Citation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Angels

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Series X. United States Military

Series — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents

This series contains posters depicting aviation-related topics pertaining to all branches of the United States Military. This includes the planes, missiles, bases, Naval vessels, airboarne warning and control systems (AWACS), The Blue Angels, and The Thunderbirds.

Depictions of planes that are from manufacturers, like Lockheed, that are not explicitly military can be found in the Aircraft series.

Dates: circa 1939-2010

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / Aviation Posters and Lithographs Collection

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Also known by the following names:

United States. Navy. Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron
United States. Navy. Flight Demonstration Squadron
Blue Angels (Flight squadron)
United States. Navy. Blue Angels

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