Audiences Around The Country Will Have An Opportunity To Catch The Demonstration Squadrons

The USAF Thunderbirds and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision demonstration teams have announced their 2017 and 2018 performance schedules.

The Thunderbirds will open the 2017 season on March 11-12 in Titusville, FL. From there, the 2017 schedule is as follows:

March 18-19: Waco, TX
March 25-26: Lancaster, CA

April 1-2: Melbourne, FL
April 8-9: Maxwell AFB, AL
April 22-23: Tyndall AFB, FL
April 29-30: Lake Charles, LA

May 6-7: Travis AFB, CA
May 13-14: Pittsburgh, PA
May 20-21: Tinker AFB, OK
May 27-28: Wantagh (Jones Beach), NY

June 1: USAF Academy Flyover, CO
June 3-4: Rockford, IL
June 10-11: Scott AFB, IL
June 17-18: Youngstown ARB, OH
June 24-25: Dayton, OH

July 1-2: Traverse City, MI
July 8-9: Gary, IN
July 22-23: Great Falls, MT
July 26: Cheyenne, WY
July 29-20: Fairchild AFB, WA

Aug 12-13: Westfield (Barnes ANGB), MA
Aug 19-20: Selfridge ANGB, MI
Aug 23: Atlantic City, NJ
Aug 26-27: Dover AFB, DE

Sept 2-4: Cleveland, OH
Sept 9-10: Altus AFB, OK
Sept 16-17: Joint Base Andrews, MD
Sept 23-24: Colorado Springs, CO
Sept 30- Oct 1: Grand Junction, CO

Oct 7-8: Minden, NV
Oct 21-22: Houston, TX
Oct 28-29: Moody AFB, GA

Nov 4-5: Joint Base San Antonio Lackland-Kelly, TX
Nov 11-12: Nellis AFB, NV

The Blue Angels will open the 2017 season that same weekend in March in El Centro, CA, and then proceed to:

March 18-19: China Lake, CA
March 28-29: Brunswick, GA

April 1-2: NAS Corpus Christi, TX
April 8-9: Lakeland, FL
April 22-23: NAS New Orleans, LA
April 29-30: MCAS Beaufort, SC

May 6-7: Barksdale AFB, LA
May 13-14: Millington, TN
May 20-21: Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
May 24-26: Annapolis, MD
May 27-28: Millville, NJ

June 3-4: Duluth, MN
June 17-18: Ocean City, MD
June 24-25: Latrobe, PA

July 1-3: Offutt AFB, NE
July 8: Pensacola Beach, FL
July 15-16: Milwaukee, WI
July 22-23: Idaho Falls, ID
July 29-30: Oshkosh, WI

August 5-6: Seattle, WA
August 19-20: Chicago, IL
August 26-27: Brunswick, ME

September 2-3: Ypsilanti, MI
September 9-10: Lincoln, AL
September 16-17: NAS Oceana, VA
September 23-24: MCAS Miramar CA
September 30-Oct. 1: Huntington Beach, CA

October 7-8: San Francisco, CA
October 21-22: Rome, GA
October 28-29: Fort Worth, TX

November 4-5: NAS Jacksonville, FL
November 11-12: NAS Pensacola, FL

If you didn't read the entire schedule, the Blue Angels are on the Oshkosh program for July 29 and 30.

The 2018 schedules are already set as well. Visit the teams' websites for your long-range airshow planning.

(Images from file)

FMI: www.blueangels.navy.mil/show, http://afthunderbirds.com/site/show-season