Blue Angels

Crowdsource Campaign Seeks To Pay For Bringing Blue Angels Back To SF

A Bay Area Fleet Week tradition which has been canceled due to the federal sequester make still take off with a new online funding push.

2013/05/16

U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets pass over the Golden Gate Bridge during a practice performance ahead of the Fleet Week air show in San Francisco (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

San Francisco Cuts Back Fleet Week Plans After Blue Angels Cancellation

San Francisco Fleet Week officials were scaling back plans for the October event after the U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that the Blue Angels air show has been canceled.

2013/04/10

Sequestration Cuts Cancel Navy Blue Angels Shows

The Navy has cancelled the remaining 2013 performances of its precision flying team, the Blue Angels, one of the most visible signs yet of sequestration cuts.

2013/04/09

10/07/2012, San Francisco (USA,CA), 34th America's Cup, America's Cup World Series San Francisco 2012 October - Race Day 2(credit: CBS 5)

SF Supes Respond To Dismal Report On Future Of Blue Angels, Fleet Week

Two San Francisco supervisors, with two very different viewpoints, are offering an early response to a published report suggesting that federal budget woes could spell the end of San Francisco’s Fleet Week.

2013/02/18

Among other events in San Francisco this weekend, there will be (clockwise from upper left) the Blue Angels and Fleet Week activities along the waterfront, the Giants playing in two Division Series playoff games at AT&T Park, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, and a 49ers game Sunday. (CBS/Getty Images)

SF Braces For Crowded Weekend, 1 Million Visitors Expected

An unusual convergence of sporting and entertainment events in San Francisco this weekend promises to bring up to a million extra people into the densely populated bayside city.

2012/10/05

Busy Weekend In San Francisco To Pump Millions Into Economy

Not all of the one million tourists projected to visit San Francisco this weekend will spend money like sailors on leave, but they’ll still leave a major mark.

2012/10/04

Blue Angels Begin Practice Runs Above SF Bay

The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels will be roaring over parts of the Bay Area starting Thursday afternoon as San Francisco Fleet Week gets under way.

2012/10/04

A U.S. Navy hovercraft lands on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, October 3, 2012. (CBS)

Hovercraft Lands On San Francisco’s Ocean Beach For Fleet Week

A Navy hovercraft has landed on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach as part of a disaster response training exercise during Fleet Week.

2012/10/03

US Airways pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III holds up an American flag that was presented to him during a celebration in his honor on Jan. 24, 2009, in Danville. (David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

‘Sully’ Sullenberger Riding With Blue Angels Over San Francisco For Fleet Week

Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the Danville pilot known for safely landing a disabled US Airways jet in the Hudson River in 2009, will be riding along with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels Wednesday.

2012/10/03