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    US Navy Blue Angels enter Baltimore Harbor [Image 15 of 32]

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    US Navy Blue Angels enter Baltimore Harbor

    BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES

    06.16.2012

    Photo by Joseph P Cirone 

    Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

    Blue Angels 1, 2, 3 and 4; four of seven F/A-18 Hornet U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team aircraft flying over Baltimore Harbor, begin another aerial maneuver as they pass the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sledge (WLIC 75303). The parents of Blue Angel # 2, Lt. John Hiltz of Fort Mitchell, Ky., were embarked aboard Cuter Sledge during the Father’s Day weekend performance to watch the show. Lt. Hiltz’s mother stated she attended many of the team’s performances, but this was the first that she was so close and able to see the pilots in the cockpit. Lt. Hiltz’s father, reflecting during the Father’s Day weekend performance, said that he was proud of all three of his sons, including Lt. Hiltz; a son who is serving in the Coast Guard and his third son who is a Navy Supply Corps veteran. Sledge was anchored off of historic Fort McHenry, where 16.500 people were among the crowd of 75,000 people who watched the show during the city’s Star Spangled Sailabration, commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." Naval vessels from the United States and other maritime nations are commemorating the Bicentennial. The F/A-18 Hornet aircraft and other aircraft types in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory, are a component of the assets that enable the Navy’s ability to operate forward and ensure freedom of the seas for commerce, travel and basic human rights, which is a fundamental mission of the U.S. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.

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    Date Taken: 06.16.2012
    Date Posted: 06.20.2012 18:28
    Photo ID: 608276
    VIRIN: 120616-N-CG900-016
    Resolution: 4928x3264
    Size: 2.52 MB
    Location: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, US

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