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Blue Angels announce 2008 tour schedule


By Chris Amos - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Dec 14, 2007 6:08:33 EST

The Blue Angels have announced their show schedule for the 2008 season, which will follow three months of winter training at Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., said spokesman Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Peter Carnicelli.

The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, as the team is formally known, will perform 68 shows at 35 locations in the United States and Canada.

Carnicelli said the team has begun training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., and will return to that base during its season to train on off-days. The Blue Angels schedule is:

* March 8: NAF El Centro, Calif.

* March 15, 16: Sacramento, Calif.

* March 29, 30: NAS Meridian, Miss

* April 5, 6: Kingsville, Texas

* April 12, 13: Smyrna, Tenn.

* April 19, 20: Peoria, Ill.

* April 26, 27: Vidalia, Ga.

* May 3, 4: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

* May 10, 11: Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City, La.

* May 16, 18: Andrews AFB, Md.

* May 21: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

* May 23: U.S. Naval Academy Fly-by, Annapolis, Md.

* May 24, 25: Jones Beach, N.Y.

* June 7, 8: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.

* June 14, 15: Quebec City, Quebec

* June 21, 22: Davenport, Iowa

* June 28, 29: Huntsville, Ala.

* July 5, 6: Traverse City, Mich.

* July 11: Pensacola Beach, Fla.

* July 19, 20: Duluth, Minn.

* July 26, 27: Twins Falls, Idaho.

* Aug. 2, 3: Seattle, Wash.

* Aug. 8, 10: Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Wash.

* Aug. 16, 17: Chicago.

* Aug. 30, Sept. 1: Cleveland, Ohio.

* Sept. 6, 7: NAS Brunswick, Maine.

* Sept. 13, 14: Eau Claire, Wis.

* Sept. 20, 21: NAS Oceana, Va.

* Sept. 27, 28: Grand Junction, Colo.

* Oct. 4, 5: MCAS Miramar, Calif.

* Oct. 11, 12: San Francisco.

* Oct. 18, 19: Little Rock AFB, Ark.

* Oct. 25, 26: NAS Jacksonville, Fla.

* Nov. 1, 2: Lackland AFB, San Antonio.

* Nov. 8, 9: Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

* Nov. 15: NAS Pensacola, Fla.

MC2 Elizabeth Williams / Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets fly in unison during an air show performance in 2006.

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