Air ShowSunday, November 8
The Blue Angels wrapped their 80th season with a Homecoming Air Show at NAS Pensacola
The Daily Pensacola team
If you heard the roar over Pensacola this weekend, that was the Blue Angels closing out their season. WEAR-TV says the team wrapped its 80th show season on Saturday at NAS Pensacola, after 32 shows nationwide. They topped out at speeds over 400 miles per hour.
The Blue Angels' homecoming weekend drew 300,000 people
- 300,000
- people at NAS Pensacola Friday and Saturday
- 32
- shows nationwide this season
- 80th
- show season for the Blue Angels
It was a comeback, too. The show was canceled in 2025 during a government shutdown. WKRG says NAS Pensacola hosted 300,000 people between Friday and Saturday. Mike and Dale Weir made the 11-hour trip from St. Louis with a "busload of veterans."
The air show returned after a year off
- 2025Air show canceled because of a government shutdown
- Nov. 6Blue Angels kick off the Homecoming Air Show's first day
- Nov. 7Blue Angels close their 80th show season at NAS Pensacola
Sources: Pensacola News Journal, WEAR-TV
- Saturday gates were set to open at 8 a.m.
- Saturday's air show was set to begin at 9:30 a.m.
- Blue Angels were set to take off at 2 p.m. Saturday
- Formations: diamond roll, delta and barrel roll
Before the Blue Angels took off, military and civilian pilots warmed up the crowd, and WEAR planned to stream the show live.
Sources: WEAR-TV, Pensacola News Journal, WKRG