Navy Week is heading to Pittsburgh June 2- 8!
Navy Week is designed to give residents an opportunity to learn about the Navy, its people, and its importance to national security. There will be a wide variety of events that they will be attending throughout our region. Here are a few to highlight:
Tuesday, June 3rd
11am / 3pm - Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal team demonstration at the Pittsburgh Zoo
11:30am / 1pm - Navy Band Performs at Pittsburgh's Steel Plaza
Wednesday, June 4th
11am / 3pm - Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal team demonstration at the Pittsburgh Zoo
Thursday, June 5th
11pm / 1pm - US Navy Band performs at Pittsburgh's Market Square
Friday, June 6th
All Day - Navy Jazz Ensemble performs at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Arts Festival
10am / 5pm - Navy EOD, USS Constitution Sailors, USS Pittsburgh sailors participate in the STEM Expo at Carnegie Science Center
Saturday, June 7th
10am / 5pm - Navy EOD, USS Constitution Sailors, USS Pittsburgh sailors participate in the STEM Expo at Carnegie Science Center
And the BIG show.......................
The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels will be at the Westmoreland County Air Show at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity! The Blue Angels will bring an 80-member team and six F/A-18 blue-and-yellow fighter jets that can hit speeds up to 700 mph.
Show is June 7-8
Show is June 7-8
Gates to the air show will open at 8 a.m. both days. Performances by six aerobatic acts and the Blue Angels will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $14 in advance at Shop’n Save stores, $16 at the gate. **Children 10 and younger and military personnel are admitted free. Parking is $3 a car, with all proceeds going to the Unity Township fire department.
Be sure to have noise canceling headphones for small ones!
Food Vendors will be on site.
■ Geico Skytypers. Six vintage World War II aircraft will fly precision maneuvers and write in the sky. The group flies the SNJ-2, the Navy's version of the main plane used to train pilots during WWII.
■ The U.S. Army’s Golden Knights paratroopers. A team of 13 performs skydiving parachute maneuvers.
■ Matt Chapman. He has been a finalist in several international championships and is sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida and Arizona.
■ Jacquie Warda, known as Jacquie B. She started flying at the age of 50 in 2003 and will do a tumbling sequence in her Extra300 biplane.
■ Raiders Demo Team, which consists of three aircraft, including a Yak 52 and a Nanchang CJ-6.
■ Andrew McKenna, an aerobatic pilot.
Planes also will be on the ground for spectators to tour and to ride and a a NASCAR race car will be on hand for rides, and children will be able to use a simulator that mimics driving the race car.
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