PAX RIVER, Md. — The Blue Angels recently announced they will not be performing at the NAS Patuxent River Air Expo Oct. 29 and 30, according to PAX officials.
Following the mishap involving Blue Angel #6 in June of this year, Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific (CNAP) decided the team would need to take off one weekend every eight weeks during their air show season to combat fatigue. The Air Expo falls on the eighth consecutive week of air shows for the team following their time off in late August. No other cancellations are planned for the Blue Angels this year.
NAS Patuxent River is currently evaluating the impact of the cancellation to Pax River Air Expo 2016 planning, but as of right now we are still planning for the air show here at Pax River.
This will be the first time in five years that NAS Patuxent River will host an air show, and even without the Blue Angels, the Pax Air Expo 2016 still has a great lineup of military and civilian performers. Scheduled to perform are the U.S. Air Force F-22 Demonstration Team, The “Black Daggers” parachute demonstration team from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, the Geico Skytypers, Nalls Aviation, and many others.
