“For thus a few years, this nice occasion has been our manner of thanking the group on your continued assist of the hundreds of service members who name this excellent metropolis house,” stated NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer Capt. Terry ‘Village’ Shashaty. “We love offering guests the chance to go to our flight line and expertise what has at all times been an impressive occasion and work together with the women and men who’ve made this occasion attainable – the service members and civilian workers working, coaching and dwelling within the nice metropolis of Pensacola.”
Particular visitors on the airshow included girls within the first courses of ladies aviators admitted to naval aviation flight coaching at NAS Pensacola in 1973, in addition to different pioneering girls in naval aviation had been acknowledged every day. Capt. (ret.) Lee Hansen; Capt. (ret.) Kay Rent; Cmdr. (ret) Chris Giza; Capt. (ret.) Joellen Oslund; and Capt. (ret.) Mary Louise Griffin made appearances throughout every six-hour occasion, interacting with group members and posing for pictures.
Shashaty added that the 2023 NAS Pensacola Blue Angels Homecoming airshow is yearly made attainable by the devoted efforts of the set up service members and civilian workers, every of whom performed a important function in making certain the protection and safety of the estimated 150K guests throughout the two-day occasion contributed to a memorable expertise.
“There are such a lot of items to assembling an occasion reminiscent of this,” he stated. “Our Safety Division is at all times important, and the a whole bunch of women and men with MWR [Morale, Welfare and Recreation] in addition to the efforts of our women and men in uniform are all contributing components to the general success of the airshow, and their professionalism and dedication is one thing I admire.”
That includes acts together with the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration workforce the Blue Angels, in addition to performances from the U.S. Air Drive F-16 Viper Demonstration Staff and the U.S. Air Drive F-35 Demonstration Staff, the airshow additionally showcased Adam Baker Airshows; RAD Aerosports; the Stearman Flight Staff; the Third Strike WingWalkers; and ladies performers Melissa Burns and the Misty Blues Skydiving Staff.
The NAS Pensacola Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow is certainly one of Pensacola’s largest vacationer points of interest and usually attracts greater than 220,000 spectators throughout the two-day occasion.
