Blues leave GC for winter training

The Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration team left its home base at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., on Jan. 3; and arrived at Naval Air Station El Centro, Calif., to begin winter training for the 2018 air show season. The maintenance and support team and six FA/18 jets make up most of team. The team will perform in El Centro on March 10 and March 17-18 at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona before returning to the NW Florida base to continue its 2018 show season. (Sources: Pensacola News Journal, 10NewsKGTV, 01/03/18) Naval Air Station El Centro is located between San Diego and Yuma, Ariz. The Blues will be flying July 14 at Pensacola Beach and July 21-22 at the Biloxi (Miss.) Gulf Coast Air Show.