Blue Angels Prep for 2016 Air Show

U.S. Navy photo by Shawn Graham

Lt. Mark Stanfield, left, and Lt. Clay Martin, both assigned to NAS Patuxent River Air Show Planning Committee, receive a brief from U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Corrie Mays and Lt. Tyler Davies, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels),  following a meeting with NAS Patuxent River command leaders and staff Dec. 2. The 2016 NAS Patuxent River Air Show is scheduled Oct. 27-30, 2016.

The Blue Angels are already getting set for next year’s Air Show at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, and one of them made a recent visit to St. Mary’s County.

Capt. Corrie Mays of the United States Marine Corps is Blue Angel No. 8 and she conducted a winter site visit on Dec. 2. She gave a presentation along with members of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, another name for the Blue Angels, at 11 am.

U.S. Navy photo by Shawn Graham U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Corrie Mays, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels), received a command challenge coin from Capt. Heidi Fleming, NAS Patuxent River commanding officer. Mays presented an initial brief to NAS Patuxent River command leaders and staff Dec. 2. The 2016 NAS Patuxent River Air Show is scheduled Oct. 27-30, 2016.

The 2016 Air Show is scheduled for Oct. 27 through 30 at Patuxent River NAS. The air station is nestled in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, where the waters of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay meet.

Since its commissioning April 1, 1943, Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River has evolved into the Center of Excellence for Naval Aviation. It’s also known as where the future of naval aviation begins.

Posted for Lexington Park Business and Community Association.