On Sunday, the US Navy’s Blue Angels military demonstration team turned 70 years old. The pilots of the team are some of the world’s best, performing death-defying tricks in fighter jets.
While the individual skills of each pilot is admirable, what sets the pilots of the Blue Angels apart is their ability to work as a synchronized team.
Here are 14 of our favorite action shots showing this beautiful coordination.
The Blue Angels demonstrate choreographed flight skills during the annual Joint Service Open House.
The Blue Angels demonstrate choreographed flight skills during the annual Joint Service Open House.
The Blue Angels fly in formation above Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans.
The Blue Angels perform the Diamond Low Break Cross maneuver at the Randolph Air Force Base Air Show during San Antonio Navy Week.
The Blue Angels, demonstrate choreographed flight skills during the annual Joint Service Open House.
The Blue Angels lead the diamond in the Echelon Parade during a performance at the Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show.
Cmdr. Dave Koss, flight leader of the US Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, calls for smoke before take off at the Sun ‘N Fun Air Show as part of the 2011 show season.
The Blue Angels fly in formation over Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
The Blue Angels perform a Diamond 360 at the Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show.
Pilots assigned to the US Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, join their F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter over the Gulf of Mexico into the diamond formation while approaching Naval Air Station Pensacola.
The Blue Angels, perform a breakaway maneuver at the Fargo AirSho during Fargo Navy Week, one of 21 Navy weeks across America in 2011.
The US Navy fight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, demonstrate choreographed flight skills during the annual Joint Service Open House.
The Blue Angels perform their Double Farvel maneuver.
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