The Navy Blue Angels fly through fog over the San Francisco Bay as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
The USS Harpers Ferry sails past the Golden Gate Bridge during the parade of ships as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Fleet Week runs from October 3-11 and includes ship tours, air shows, a free concert series and more.
Held annually in the fall, fans can catch the popular U.S. Navy Blue Angels performing acrobatic manuvers in Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets during air shows along the San Francisco waterfront. The 2022 show lineup includes “Fat Albert,” a United States Marine Corps Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules used by the Blue Angels for transporting equipment, spare parts and support personnel between shows.
The air show presented by United Airlines also features one of their 777 commercial airliners, the U.S. Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Team and more Navy and Coast Guard aircraft.
The U.S Navy Blue Angels fly over the San Francisco Bay as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The USS Fitzgerald ship sails past the Golden Gate Bridge during the parade of ships as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The U.S Navy Blue Angels fly over the San Francisco Bay as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Spectators watch the parade of ships as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A United Airlines Boeing 777 flies past Alcatraz Island as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The U.S Navy Blue Angels fly over the San Francisco Bay as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The U.S Navy Blue Angels jets fly through fog over the San Francisco Bay as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The U.S Navy Blue Angels fly over the San Francisco Bay as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The U.S Navy Blue Angels fly over the San Francisco Bay as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) The USS Kansas City ship sails past Alcatraz Island during the parade of ships as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) USS Princeton ship sails past a yacht with spectators during the parade of ships as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A San Francisco fireboat shoots water up in the air while leading the parade of ships as part of the Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Anda Chu is a photojournalist for the Bay Area News Group based in the East Bay. He grew up in the Bay Area and graduated from San Francisco Sate University with a bachelor’s degree in photojournalism. He has been a staff photographer with the organization since 2000.
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