NAS Oceana Air Show Friday (practice run) Saturday & Sunday & Beach Blast Saturday

The following schedule of events for the Oceana Air Show is subject to change:

Friday (practice) Saturday & Sunday, September 19 and 20

Make sure you arrive early for the NAS Oceana Air Show this year!  Gates open at 8:00 am and admission and parking are free.  The flight line will be packed with static displays, food & novelty vendors and plenty of other things for the whole family to enjoy the entire day.  Flying will start at approximately 10:30 am and the Blue Angels will perform at 3:00 pm.  See our performer page for a list and description of who is appearing at the show.

We’ve worked through the timeline and have the following sequence of events scheduled. Bear in mind that times and performances are subject to change right up until show time:

• 10:30   Air Show starts with Bill Leff warm-up in the T-6 Texan
• 10:39   Gary Ward warm-up in the MX2
• 10:45   Greg Shelton’s FM-2 Wildcat Demonstration
• 10:55   F/A-18C Legacy Hornet Tactical Demonstration
• 11:10   Warrior Jet Team Demonstration
• 11:25   Military Aviation Museum Demonstration
  –British Spitfire, FG-1D Corsair and AD-4 Skyraider
• 11:37   Dan Buchanan Flying Colors Hang Glider
• 11:47   National Anthem / Skydive Suffolk Flag Jump
• 12:00   The Shockwave Jet Truck
• 12:12   Launch the Air Power Demonstration
• 12:22   Air Power Demonstration
  –Basic Fighter Maneuver Demonstration (1 versus 1)
  –SH-60 Special Operations Insert
  –Air to Ground Demonstration (with pyrotechnics)
  –SH-60 Special Operations Extraction
  –In-Flight Refueling Demonstration
  –POW/MIA Flag Tribute Parachute Jump
  –Fleet Flyby
• 1:07     Geico Skytypers Demonstration
• 1:27     Bill Leff, T-6 Texan
• 1:49     Skydive Suffolk Team Jump
• 1:59     Vietnam Veteran Tribute
• 2:11     Paul Wood in the A-4 Skyhawk
• 2:21     F/A-18F Super Hornet Tactical Demonstration
• 2:36     Gary Ward in the MX2
• 2:48     The Shockwave Jet Truck (race Gary Ward)
• 3:00     Blue Angels
• 4:00     End of Show

Saturday Evening, Beach Blast at 31st Street, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, September 20th

This event is free and open to the public.  The Beach Blast begins with a free concert at the 31st Street Stage at 6:30 pm staring the United States Fleet Forces Band, Four Star Edition playing the latest hits.  Just as the sun is setting, a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet will perform three AFTERBURNER FLYOVERS of the area to highlight the awesome power of Super Hornet.  When the sun finally sets, our parachute team will perform a jump onto the beach and then once the jumpers have been presented to the crowd, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels will take the stage to introduce the 2015 Blue Angel team.  Music and entertainment continues until the event’s conclusion at 9:30 p.m. Parking is available in the parking structure on the corner of 31st Street and Atlantic Avenue.

Performers include:

The US Navy Blue Angels

Geico Skytypers

Kent Pietsch

Greg Shelton 

and many more.  See the entire list here: http://oceanaairshow.com/performers/