EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels arrived in El Paso on Wednesday for a winter visit as crews begin planning for their highly anticipated air show scheduled for October.
The elite flight demonstration squadron last performed in El Paso in 2011. Fifteen years later, the Blue Angels are returning ahead of the Oct. 2026 air show at Fort Bliss, part of a milestone year marking the team’s 80th anniversary.
Blue Angels Blue Angels #7 Announcer, Lieutenant Ronny Hafeza, and #8 Event Coordinator, Commander Lilly Montana, will landed at Million Air El Paso earlier in the day. While the public show is still months away, team members are spending the day coordinating logistics, surveying the flight line and organizing community outreach efforts, including visits to local schools…