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SUBJ/OFFICER APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED BY NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION 
SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS) FOR 2024-2026 SHOW SEASONS//

REF/A/DOC/CNATRA/18DEC20//
AMPN/REF A IS CNATRAINST 1301.4N, APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND QUALIFICATIONS 
FOR OFFICERS OF THE NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON.//

RMKS/1.  The United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) 
will select three F/A-18 demonstration pilots (both Navy and Marine Corps 
pilots are encouraged to apply) for the 2024-2026 show seasons, one Marine 
Corps C-130 demonstration pilot for the 2024-2026 show seasons, one 
maintenance officer for the 2024-2025 show seasons, one supply officer for 
the 2024-2025 show seasons, and one public affairs officer for the 2024-2025 
show seasons.

2.  Interested officers should submit applications in line with reference (a) 
by 30 April 2023.  All applicants must contact their detailer or monitor 
prior to applying to ensure adequate timing to complete a 2 or 3-year tour 
without impacting career milestones.  Manpower Management Officer Assignments 
(MMOA) will release a separate MARADMIN that outlines Marine Corps applicant 
eligibility requirements.  Final selections will be made in July 2023.

3.  Qualifications.  Applicants should be career-oriented Navy and Marine 
Corps Officers with the following specific qualifications.
    a.  F/A-18 demonstration pilot applicants must be carrier qualified with
approximately 1,250 tactical jet flight hours by 30 September of the year
applying, have completed an operational fleet tour, and have completed 
advancedflight training with an average or greater composite score.
    b.  Marine Corps C-130 demonstration pilot applicants must have an 
aircraft commander rating in the C-130J and should have approximately 1,200 
total flight hours.
    c.  Maintenance officer applicants must be designated aviation 
maintenance officers (152X/633X/733X) (CWO3/CWO4/LTJG/LT/LCDR) and be on, or 
have completed, an operational fleet tour.
    d.  Supply officer applicants must be designated as naval aviation supply
officers (310X/651X) (LTJG/LT/LCDR) and be on, or have completed, an
operational fleet tour.
    e.  Public affairs officer applicants must be designated as naval public
affairs officers (165X) (LTJG/LT/LCDR).

4.  Selectees will be approved by the Chief of Naval Air Training with Bureau 
of Naval Personnel or MMOA review and concurrence on suitability prior to 
public notification.  Navy and Marine Corps pilots will be required to remain 
on Active Duty for two years following the completion of their assignment 
with the Blue Angels.

5.  Reference (a) delineates application procedures.
    a.  Applications submitted via mail through 1 March 2023 should be sent 
to:
     Commanding Officer
     Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
     ATTN:  LCDR Chris Kapuschansky
     Naval Air Facility El Centro
     1605 Third Street
     Hangar 5
     El Centro, CA 92243
    b.  Applications submitted via mail from 2 March 2023 through 30 April 
2023 should be sent to: 

     Commanding Officer
     Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
     ATTN:  LCDR Chris Kapuschansky
     390 San Carlos Road, Suite A
     Pensacola, FL 32508-5508 

    c.  Applications may also be delivered in person beginning 15 March 2023.

6.  For additional information, visit the Blue Angels website at  
https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/ or contact the Blue Angels Applicants 
Officer, LCDR Chris Kapuschansky, in Pensacola, FL at (850) 452-4650/DSN 922 
or in El Centro, CA (February thru Mid-March) at (760) 339-2509/DSN 658, or 
via e-mail at christopher.j.kapuschansky.mil@us.navy.mil.

7.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or 31 August 2023, 
whichever occurs first.

8.  Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.//

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