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GalleryNavy’s Blue Angels highlight MCAS Cherry Point Air Show
Stars and Stripes
May 12, 2024
The Navy Blue Angels perform an aerial demonstration during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
The Navy Blue Angels delivered their particular brand of aerial artistry to highlight the weekend at the 2024 MCAS Cherry Point Air Show in North Carolina.
The Saturday-Sunday show featured a variety of military and civilian aerobatic performances, plus air and ground Marine combat forces simulated an assault on enemy positions.
The Blue Angels perform during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Bryan Giraldo/U.S. Marine Corps)
The Blue Angels perform during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
The Blue Angels perform during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
The Blue Angels perform during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
The Blue Angels perform during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning Jet II performs an aerial demonstration during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
The Wall of Fire detonates to demonstrate an F-35B Lightning Jet II bombing run at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Bryan Giraldo//U.S. Marine Corps)
The Wall of Fire, a demonstration by explosive ordnance disposal technicians, represents a bombing run by the F-35B Lightning Jet II during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington//U.S. Marine Corps)
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey preforms aerial demonstrations during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Sunday, May 12, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
Spectators watch a KC-130J Hercules refuel in-air during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
Hubie Tolson pilots a Sukhoi SU-31 for aerial demonstrations during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Sunday, May 12, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
Hubie Tolson pilots a Sukhoi SU-31 for aerial demonstrations during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C.. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
Hubie Tolson taxis his Sukhoi-31 to the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Bryan Giraldo/U.S. Marine Corps)
U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band perform at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Bryan Giraldo/U.S. Marine Corps)
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing hosted “My Marine Movie,” an interactive activity for adults and children to put on military gear and fly on a MV-22 Osprey during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing hosted “My Marine Movie,” an interactive activity for adults and children to put on military gear and fly on a MV-22 Osprey during the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show, Saturday, May 11, 2024, at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. (Jade Farrington/U.S. Marine Corps)