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Blue Angels return to Seattle for Seafair after two year absence

Aug 3, 2022, 12:56 PM | Updated: 8:30 pm

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(Photo by Dong Xudong/Xinhua via Getty Images)

(Photo by Dong Xudong/Xinhua via Getty Images)

After being gone from the Emerald city for more then two years, since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Blue Angels will once again take flight over Seattle.

A set of U.S. Navy stunt pilots, the Blue Angels have been featured in every Seafair airshow since 1972.

Blue Angels to return for Seafair Festival in 2022

The  Boeing Seafair Air Show is set to kick off Thursday August 4 at 11:15 a.m. with some practice flights, but the real show will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 3:05 p.m. over Lake Washington.

The show will also feature the U.S. Army’s elite parachuting squad the Golden Knights at 11 a.m. each day.

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