Blue Angel number 5 ready for flight demonstration.
The Blue Angels is the world-famous flight demonstration team of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.
For the 2017 season, Navy Commander Frank Weisser was Blue Angel number 5, the lead solo.
This photo was taken during an airshow at Naval Air Station Oceana on 17 September 2017.
In 2017, the Blue Angels were still flying the Boeing F/A-18 C/D Hornet. In November 2020, the team switched to the Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…