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Written by Carroll Buckley
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
El Centro, California - The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Blue Angels, has announced its show schedule for the 2008 season. Following winter training, the team begins the season at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, March 8 and will conclude the season Nov. 16 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform 68 shows at 35 locations throughout the United States and Canada. . Demonstration sites are selected in support of the Department of Defense objectives and in the interest of the armed services with safety as the primary consideration. Performances greatly assist in the recruiting and retention goals of the military services, enhance esprit de corps among uniformed men and women, and demonstrate the professional skills and capabilities of the Naval Services to the American public and U.S. Allies. The schedule is: March 8, 2008 - NAF El Centro, California March 15-16, 2008 - Sacramento, California March 29-30, 2008 - Meridian, Mississippi April 3-4, 2008 - NAS Kingsville, Texas April 12-13, 2008 - Smyrna, Tennessee April 19-20, 2008 - Peoria, Illinois April 26-27, 2008 -Vidalia, Georgia May 3-4, 2008 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida May 10-11, 2008 - Barksdale AFB, Bossier City, Louisianna May 16-18, 2008 - Andrews AFB, Maryland May 21, 2008 - USNA, Annapolis, Maryland May 23, 2008 - USNA Fly-By, Annapolis, Maryland May 24-25, 2008 - Jones Beach, New York June 7-8, 2008 - MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina June 14-15, 2008 - Quebec City June 21-22, 2008 - Davenport, Iowa June 28-29, 2008 - Huntsville, Alabama July 5-6, 2008 - Traverse City, Michigan July 11, 2008 - Pensacola Beach, Florida July 19-20, 2008 - Duluth, Minnesota July 26-27, 2008 - Twin Falls, Idaho August 2-3, 2008 - Seattle, Washington August 8-10, 2008 - Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington August 16-17, 2008 - Chicago, Illinois August 30, 2008 - September 1 - Cleveland, Ohio September 6-7, 2008 - NAS Brunswick, Maine September 13-14, 2008 - Eau Claire, Wisconsin September 20-21, 2008 - NAS Oceana, Virginia September 27-28, 2008 - Grand Junction, Colorado October 4-5, 2008 - MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California October 11-12, 2008 - San Francisco, California October 18-19, 2008 - Little Rock, AFB, Arkansas October 25-26, 2008 - NAS Jacksonville, Florida November 1-2, 2008 - Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas November 8-9, 2008 - Kennedy Space Center, Florida November 15-16, 2008 - NAS Pensacola, Florida