Blue Angels number 1 and 2 after flight demonstration.
The Boeing F/A-18 C Hornet with the number 1 on its tail belongs to the Boss (=commander) of the Blue Angels. Together with number 2 it is taxied back to the platform at Willow Run Airport after the flight demonstration.
Blue Angel number 1 in 2015 was Captain Tom Frosch.
Blue Angel number 2 in 2015 was Lieutenant Matt Suyderhoud.
This photo was taken during the Thunder over Michigan Airshow on 29 August 2015. During that weekend, I met Matt for the first time and am still in touch.
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…