Make sure you arrive early for the NAS Oceana Air Show this year! Gates open at 8:00 am and admission and parking are free. The flight line will be packed with static displays, food & novelty vendors and plenty of other things for the whole family to enjoy the entire day. Flying will start at approximately 10:30 am and the Blue Angels will perform at 3:00 pm.
We’ve worked through the timeline and have the following sequence of events scheduled. Bear in mind that times and performances are subject to change right up until show time:
10:30 Air Show starts with Bill Leff warm-up in the T-6 Texan
10:39 Gary Ward warm-up in the MX2
10:45 Greg Shelton’s FM-2 Wildcat Demonstration
10:55 F/A-18C Legacy Hornet Tactical Demonstration
11:10 Warrior Jet Team Demonstration
11:25 Military Aviation Museum Demonstration
British Spitfire, FG-1D Corsair and AD-4 Skyraider
11:37 Dan Buchanan Flying Colors Hang Glider
11:47 National Anthem / Skydive Suffolk Flag Jump
12:00 The Shockwave Jet Truck
12:12 Launch the Air Power Demonstration
12:22 Air Power Demonstration
Basic Fighter Maneuver Demonstration (1 versus 1)
SH-60 Special Operations Insert
F/A-18 Air to Ground Demonstration (with pyrotechnics)
SH-60 Special Operations Extraction
F/A-18 In-Flight Refueling Demonstration
POW/MIA Flag Tribute Parachute Jump
Fleet Flyby
1:07 Geico Skytypers Demonstration
1:27 Bill Leff, T-6 Texan
1:49 Skydive Suffolk Team Jump
1:59 Vietnam Veteran Tribute
2:11 Paul Wood in the A-4 Skyhawk
2:21 F/A-18F Super Hornet Tactical Demonstration
2:36 Gary Ward in the MX2
2:48 The Shockwave Jet Truck (race Gary Ward)
3:00 Blue Angels
4:00 End of Show
And don't forget the Beach Blast at 31st Street Park, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, on Saturday, September 19th:
This event is free and open to the public. The Beach Blast begins with a free concert at the 31st Street Stage at 6:30 pm staring the United States Fleet Forces Band, Four Star Edition playing the latest hits. Just as the sun is setting, a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet will perform three AFTERBURNER FLYOVERS of the area to highlight the awesome power of Super Hornet. When the sun finally sets, our parachute team will perform a jump onto the beach and then once the jumpers have been presented to the crowd, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels will take the stage to introduce the 2015 Blue Angel team. Music and entertainment continues until the event’s conclusion at 9:30 p.m. Parking is available in the parking structure on the corner of 31st Street and Atlantic Avenue.