Editing Blue Angels (section)

==Aircraft timeline==
[[File:Aircraft flown by the US Navy Blue Angels 1946 to 1996.jpg|thumb|Drawing depicting all demonstration aircraft flown from 1946 to 1996.]]

The "Blues" have flown ten different demonstration aircraft and six support aircraft models:<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/aircraft/historical.aspx |title=Blue Angels: Historical Aircraft – 60+ Years of Aviation Excellence |access-date=3 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419102617/http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/aircraft/historical.aspx |archive-date=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-blue-angels/ |title=The Blue Angels: 1965 Year History |first=Robert F. |last=Dorr |date=31 October 2011 |publisher=DefenseMediaNetwork |access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref>

;Demonstration aircraft
* [[Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat]]: June – August 1946
* [[Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat]]: August 1946 – 1949
* [[Grumman F9F-2 Panther]]: 1949 – June 1950 (first jet); F9F-5 Panther: 1951 – Winter 1954/55
* [[Grumman F9F-8 Cougar]]: Winter 1954/55 – mid-season 1957 (swept-wing)
* [[Grumman F11F-1 (F-11) Tiger]]: mid-season 1957 – 1968 (first supersonic jet)
* [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II]]: 1969 – December 1974
* [[Douglas A-4 Skyhawk|Douglas A-4F Skyhawk]]: December 1974 – November 1986
* [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]] (F/A-18B as #7): November 1986 – 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/history/ |title=History of the Blue Angels |date= |website=www.blueangels.navy.mil}}</ref>
* [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet#F/A-18C/D Hornet|Boeing F/A-18A/C]] (B/D as #7) Hornet: 2010-2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hornet last flight|url=https://twitter.com/BlueAngels/status/1324150533129703424}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Blue Angels|url=https://twitter.com/BlueAngels/status/1324150533129703424/photo/1}}</ref>
* [[Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet|Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet]] (F/A-18F as #7): 2020–<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mizokami |first=Kyle |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a27227372/blue-angels-super-hornet/ |title=The Blue Angels Are Getting New Jets |date=22 April 2019 |magazine=[[Popular Mechanics]]}}</ref>

;Support aircraft
* [[Beechcraft Model 18|JRB Expeditor (Beech 18)]]: 1949–?
* [[Douglas R4D Skytrain|Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain]]: 1949–1955
* [[Curtiss R5C Commando]]: 1953
* [[Douglas R5D Skymaster]]: 1956–1968
* [[Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation]]: 1969–1973
* [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] "Fat Albert": 1970–2019 ([[JATO]] usage was stopped in 2009)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogoway |first=Tyler |title=Fat Albert C-130 Gives You A Buzz Cut In This Crazy Head-On Takeoff Video |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4142/fat-albert-c-130-gives-you-a-buzz-cut-in-this-crazy-head-on-takeoff-video |access-date=2021-01-04 |website=The Drive |date=24 June 2016 |language=en |archive-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108132844/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4142/fat-albert-c-130-gives-you-a-buzz-cut-in-this-crazy-head-on-takeoff-video |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules]] "Fat Albert": 2020–present

;Miscellaneous aircraft
* [[North American SNJ Texan]] ''"Beetle Bomb"'' (used to simulate a Japanese [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero|A6M Zero]] aircraft in demonstrations during the late 1940s)
* [[Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star]] (Used during the 1950s as a VIP transport aircraft for the team)
* [[Vought F7U Cutlass]] (two of the unusual F7Us were received in late 1952 and flown as a side demonstration during the 1953 season but they were not a part of their regular formations which at the time used the F9F Panther. Pilots and ground crew found it unsatisfactory and a plan to use it as the team's primary aircraft was canceled).