Event running from November 2nd to November 3rd, 2012
The Homecoming Air Show is held at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida. A total of 16 officers voluntarily serve with the Blue Angels. Each year the team typically selects three tactical (fighter or fighter/attack) jet pilots, two support officers and one Marine Corps C-130 pilot to relieve departing members. The squadron flies the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet and the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.