ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are back at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson this week, headlining the Arctic Thunder Open House — their first appearance in Anchorage in a decade.
“It’s going to be great,” Capt. Adam Bryan, with the Blue Angels, said. “What an incredible sight. Flying all the way up the Pacific coast, landing here in Anchorage. What a fantastic place for us to perform.”
Leading up to Saturday’s performance, Bryan has spent his first two days in Alaska learning the show site intimately and understanding it. According to Bryan, each site presents unique challenges stemming from the weather to the terrain…