The Blue Angels will add three new Super Hornet pilots, a new Fat Albert pilot and three more officers to the team in 2026.

The finalists were interviewed at Naval Air Station Pensacola, the team’s home base, during the week of the Pensacola Beach Air Show, and selections were announced at the end of the show.

Tens of thousands of Blue Angels fans are already making their way to Pensacola Beach for the culmination of Red, White and Blues Week on Saturday.