That ONE time a Blue Angel landed on a Carrier

Well... this blew up! Thanks so much everyone for watching! It'll take me a while to get all caught up here but suffice to say I already have at least one excellent lead on getting the footage. Stay tuned!

I’m married to that Boss for 40 years! We must have a video and will search for it!

FYI, I'm a retired Navy CWO4. My last duty station was Fighter Squadron 142 aboard USS IKE. You asked about a video of Blue Angel on landing on USS HST. ALL landings and take offs aboard a bird farm are video taped. There's a fixed "PLAT" camera imbedded in the flight deck landing area center line forward of the AG wires. There is also a manned TV studio type "PLAT" camera located on the flight deck side of the island structure on the same level as the Flag Bridge. If that video still exists you need to contact OP Division of the Operations Department of HST. OP Division is the Photo Lab. If they don't have it they can tell you where it's archived. Getting permission? If the ship is at sea all you need is the Skipper's permission. Aircraft age on landings is not really relevant. The Tomcat was 32 when it was retired, the Phantom II was over 20, the Skyhawk was over 20, the Corsair II was over 25. It's a matter of maintenance and condition of the air frame. Carrier Landing Training, known as Field Carrier Landing Practice or FCLP, is seldom conducted at an active Naval Air Station. The "Bugs" (Hornets) at Oceana in Virginia Beach shoot FCLPs at Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress about 10 miles SSW of NAS Oceana. The arrested landing equipment at active Naval Air Stations is NEVER used for training, but is for emergencies only. I'm actually not sure of the parameters but it's something like requalification is required if it's been over 30 days since your last trap on a birdfarm.

the Blue Angel that used the arresting cable at Pt Mugu was Ltcr Amanda Lee she had just joined the team and got a brake warning in her cockpit

When I was in the Air Force an F-18 had a bird strike and needed our hangar space to be repaired. We were very impressed by these aircraft.

I am a Plank Owner of the Truman and was onboard when this happened. I was up in Vultures Row and there were tons of people with video cameras (cell phones where not a thing). You might want to reach out to the current Public Affairs Officer. I am sure they still have a copy of the footage.

Many years ago as a Naval officer I was attending Intelligence School at an Air Force base. The AF members of my class grudgingly admitted that Navy pilots were pretty bad**s because of their ability to land on carriers. Go Navy!

This is the first time I have heard about this. I am a retired USAF aircraft avionics technician. Love the Thunderbirds, but I relish the Blues. Thank you for posting this video. I think it's worth the search.

I was On the HST CVN75 working in the BOW catapults when this Blue angel landed on deck. They got him out of the LA ( Landing area) and taxied him to Cat one where my topside crew for CAT 1 was waiting to get him hooked up to the cat. Then with in 4 seconds he was back in the air. HST was my best command i was ever assigned to. GO NAVY

The Blues just finished their week here in LaCrosse WI....... The whole crew was flying over my house at low level all week.... it was wonderful.

Former naval aircrewman here, 1996-2003, flew P-3 Orions out of NAS Jax. I was in the Navy when this happened and even then it wasn't talked about much. I saw a pic of #1 getting ready to launch and that was it. Always thought it was a cool idea and thing to do, all 6 birds trapping on a carrier and getting a photo op on the deck seems like a no brainer, maybe someday.

Never crossed my mind about ever seeing a Blue Angle jet landing on an aircraft carrier. Thank you for this video, my hats off to Naval Aviation throughout its history.

I read all of the comments (154 at the time), but no one mentioned anything about carrier availability. There isn't always a carrier off either coast conducting flight ops. It was a very fortunate coincidence that the Truman was available.

Seeing 1 Blue Angel land is cool.. Getting to see a flight of them, would be something the carrier staff would cherish for ever....

Last night (6/15/24) I watched a documentary on Amazon Prime about the Blue Angels … very much worth the time to watch!!! A big THANK YOU to all service members for the USA Military!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Tons of people in our Blue Angels groups. Asking them to help find video. Great piece of history!

I am a plank owner of the Truman and was one of the crew operating the catapult when this happened. I took several photos from my perspective on the catapult while the jet was being hooked up for launch.

This is awesome! No click bait just good content.

As a 65 year old Pensacola resident whos dad worked at NAS Pensacola NARF, I have attended Blue Angel air shows sense as was old enough to walk. FIrst air I saw was the F11F then moving onto the A4 , F4J, back to the A4 and now the F18.

I was a boomer on the KC-135 and back in 2010 we dragged the Blue Angels team from Washington State to Alaska for an air show. Got some pictures of it. Was a lot of fun! Navy/Marine Corps airplanes refuel off our boom using a drogue, or “Iron Maiden”as we call it. It’s a basket that dangles from the tip of the boom and it can be a challenge for the pilots to connect. One Blue Angel even struggled with it. Haha they’re only human!