How did the Blue Angels get their name?

Butch Voris, the first commanding officer of the Blue Angels, wrote the introduction to "Blue Angels: Wings of Gold" by Brian Shul. In the introduction, Capt. Voris writes that the name at first was "Navy Flight Exhibition Team". read more

He saw a night club called"Blue Angel", and the team loved it, but the official name was still the"Blue Lancers" While at the air show in Omaha, the team told the aviation press of their problem, and the press (who loved the team) wrote articles after the Omaha show calling them the Blue Angels. read more

Only two months later on August 25, 1946, the Blue Angels transitioned to the Grumman F8F Bearcat and introduced the famous"diamond" formation. By the end of the 1940s, the Blue Angels were flying their first jet aircraft, the Grumman F9F-2 Panther. read more

The Blue Angels' six demonstration pilots currently fly the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, typically in more than 70 shows at 34 locations throughout the United States each year, where they still employ many of the same practices and techniques used in their aerial displays in their inaugural 1946 season. read more