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SUBJ/COMMANDING OFFICER APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED BY NAVY FLIGHT 
DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS) FOR 2025-2026 SHOW SEASONS// 
 
REF/A/DOC/CNATRAINST/25JAN23// 
AMPN/REF A IS CNATRAINST 1301.4P, APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND QUALIFICATIONS 
FOR OFFICERS OF THE NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS)// 
 
RMKS/1.  The Commanding Officer for the Blue Angels 2025-2026 air show 
seasons will be selected in April 2024. 
 
2.  Interested officers should submit requests for consideration via their 
immediate reporting senior to: 
 
  Chief of Naval Air Training 
  250 Lexington Blvd Suite 179 
  Corpus Christi, TX 78419-5041 
 
Send info copies to: 
 
  Commanding Officer 
  Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron 
  390 San Carlos Rd Suite A 
  Pensacola, FL 32508-5508 
      and 
  Commander 
  Navy Personnel Command (PERS 433B) 
  5720 Integrity Drive 
  Millington TN 38055-4300 
 
3.  Letters of endorsement or recommendation from persons other than the 
reporting senior are encouraged and will be incorporated into the package of 
the applicant.  The selection process will include a board of aviation 
leaders from 8-10 April 2024 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida and a 
personal interview by the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA).  Specific 
details can be found in reference (a). 
 
4.  Applications must be received by Wednesday, 31 January 2024. Applicants 
must have 3,000 flight hours and be in command or have had command of a 
tactical jet squadron.  Letters of application should include experience, 
qualifications, complete biography and a completed Navy Flight Demonstration 
Squadron (Blue Angels) Applicant Information Sheet (CNATRA form 1331/1) 
located in reference (a) on the Blue Angels website, 
https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/join/default.htm. 
 
5.  The point of contact is CDR Bryce Aubuchon, Executive Officer, 
NAVFLIGHTDEMRON, who can be contacted at COMM at (850) 452-2725/DSN 922 or 
via e-mail at raymond.b.aubuchon.mil@us.navy.mil or via the CNATRA Chief of 
Staff at (361) 961-2278/DSN 861. 
 
6.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled. 
 
7.  Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.// 
 
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