A statement was released on April 9, 2013 from Major General Mike Myatt, Chairman of the San Francisco Fleet Week Association: The United States Navy Blue Angel Demonstration Team has cancelled the rest of the 2013 air show season which includes their appearance at San Francisco Fleet Week.

California Blue Angels Air Shows 2013 Season 

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March 16, 2013, Blue Angels Air Show on the El Centro NAF Air Facility
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Blue Angels NAF El Centro Events 2013:

• Blue Angels 10K Fun Run at Blue Angel Park, Naval Air Facility El Centro on March 9, 2013. 3rd annual fun run is a family event in which you can run, bike, or even bring strollers to the event. The race begins at 8 am at Sunbeam Lake, on Sunbeam Lake Rd. The race ends at the Naval Air Facility El Centro’s Blue Angel Park. Registration: active.com
• 16th Annual Entertainment & Food Festival on March 15, 2013 at NAF El Centro Hangar 6. Sample food from local Imperial Valley Restaurants, listen to live entertainment and enjoy fireworks and more. Admission is free. Event begins at 5:30 pm.
• Pre-Air Show Party at the Sun Downer Club March 15, 2013, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. call (760) 339-2380 for info.

Blue Angels NAF El Centro Entertainment

• F/A-18 F "Rhino": VFA-122 Demo - The Tactical Demonstration, or "Tac Demo" team flies a two-seat F/A-18F as close to the the "edge of the envelope" as safety and prudence allows.
• Bill Cornick vs. Spencer Suderman. Aerobatic Racing Challenge Series features pilots with high-performance aerobatic aircraft competing against each other on a vertical race course. Pilots race through an aerobatic sequence in a side-by-side dual that challenges each pilot to fly the maneuvers as quickly as possible.
• The Tactical Demonstration team flies a two-seat F/A-18F as close to the the "edge of the envelope" as safety and prudence allows.
• Julie Clark is a retired Northwest Airlines Captain logging more than 32,000 accident-free hours in the air for more than 42 years. She is rated in more than 66 types of aircraft.
• Bill Cornick is well known in the aerobatic world both as an outstanding air show performer and as a top Unlimited competition pilot.
• Melissa Pemberton's air show routine in the Edge540 Aircraft offers mind-boggling gyroscopic maneuvers.
• Spencer Suderman and the Pitts Biplane with its intense gyroscopic maneuvers like the Inverted Flat Spin  includes the signature corkscrew smoke trail as the plane drops towards the ground spinning like a frisbee!
• Metal Mulisha Demo Team extreme sports freestyle motocross riders perform jaw-dropping stunts.
• 501st Legion-SoCal Garrison,  The World’s Definitive Imperial Star Wars Costuming Organization combines a dynamic flight demonstration with a significant static display centered around the wounded warriors in attendance.
• Jon "Huggy" Huggins, Announcer and Ringmaster
• Static display: The Bell P-63 Kingcobra
• Desert Cruisers of Imperial Valley
• Douglas C-47 Dakota
• The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan

September 28-29, 2013 Naval Base Ventura County Air Show

October 5-6, 2013 in Miramar, CA. California's Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro is the wintering home of the Navy Blue Angels squadron and fleet of F/A-18 A Hornet aircraft. Blue Angels is  a select Navy  squadron formed in 1946 after WWII for public relations efforts to continue recruitment of the nation's finest flyers.   Flight demonstration exhibits take place throughout the U.S.

October 12-13, 2013 in San Francisco  Fleet Week, see: fleetweek.us

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