1956 Aviation Blue Angles In Formation Grumman F9F authentic Cougar NAVY B&W 8”x10” Photo

Product Name: 1956 Aviation Blue Angles In Formation Grumman F9F authentic Cougar NAVY B&W 8”x10” Photo
1955 Aviation Blue Angles In Formation Grumman F9F Cougar NAVY B&W 8”x10” Photo. Official 8” x 10” Photograph, taken 1956 In 1954, the first Marine Corps pilot, Captain Chuck Hiett, joined the Navy flight demonstration team.The Blue Angels also received special colored flight suits.In May, the Blue Angels performed at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. with the Air Force Thunderbirds (activated 25 May 1953).The Blue Angels began relocating to their current home at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida that winter,and it was here they progressed to the swept-wing Grumman F9F-8 Cougar. In December, the authentic team left its home base for its first winter training facility at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. Photo comes bagged and boarded and ships securely with bubble wrap and in a box. See our store for other official USMC, USAF and NAVY photos from the 1940s-1950's. 030.