If you attended a Blue Angels air show in 1982, then you were witness to a unique diamond takeoff that only took place during that year. Former slot pilot, Bob Stephens, explains how the modified takeoff came to be. | Blue Angel Phantoms

A look back at the 1982 Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show featuring: 1. CDR Dave Carroll 2. Maj Tim Dineen, USMC 3. LT Kevin Miller 4. LCDR Bob Stephens 5. LCDR Jim Ross 6. LCDR Randy Clark 7. LCDR Scott Anderson 8. LT Bud Hunsucker MO LCDR Al Edmonson Doc LCDR Kevin Wand AO CLDR Leo Boor PAO LT Morgan Smith SUPO LT Frank Grasso #blueangels #1982 #pensacola #homecoming | Blue Angel Phantoms

4K views · 427 reactions | Capturing 70 years of U.S. Navy Blue Angels history... including our most senior member from the 1954 team. #blueangels70 | Blue Angels Association | Facebook

Our first U.S. Navy Blue Angels aircraft has joined the Air and Space collection. Hear from the pilot who flew the F/A-18C Hornet on its final flight to the Udvar-Hazy Center, Museum deputy director and naval aviator Chris Browne, and curator of U.S. Navy history Laurence Burke on this exciting new member of our collection. | National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution