The Blue Angels held their first practice session Thursday afternoon in San Francisco ahead of this weekend's Fleet Week Air Show.
NBC Bay Area's SkyRanger provided aerial coverage for part of the practice run. Watch a highlight in the video above.
What is Fleet Week?
San Francisco Fleet Week is the annual fall tradition taking place from Oct. 7 through Oct. 14 and includes three separate air shows on Friday, Oct. 11, Saturday, Oct. 12 and Sunday, Oct. 13.
The Blue Angels will headline the air shows, but there will be plenty of other aerial performances.
Below you can find schedules for the air shows. Keep in mind that the listed performers and performance times are subject to change.
Fleet Week air show schedule – Friday, Oct. 11
| TIME | PERFORMANCE |
| 12:45 p.m. | Anthem - U.S. Navy Parachute Team |
| United Airlines | |
| MH-65/C-27 Demo | |
| Break | |
| Major Thomas Duffy - U-2 | |
| F-22 Demo | |
| F-22 Heritage Flight - F-22/P-51 | |
| Ace Maker - T-33 | |
| Break | |
| Randy Howell/Cory Lovell - Dual | |
| F-35B Demo | |
| United Airlines | |
| Break | |
| 3 p.m. | Blue Angels - Fat Albert |
| Blue Angels Team 1 - 6 |
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Fleet Week air show schedule – Saturday, Oct. 12
| TIME | PERFORMANCE |
| 12:30 p.m. | Anthem - U.S. Navy Parachute Team |
| United Airlines | |
| MH-65/C-27 Demo | |
| Break | |
| Patriots Jet Team | |
| F-22 Demo | |
| F-22 Heritage Flight - F-22/P-51 | |
| Ace Maker - T-33 | |
| Break | |
| F-35B Demo | |
| Randy Howell/Cory Lovell - Dual | |
| United Airlines | |
| Break | |
| 3 p.m. | Blue Angels - Fat Albert |
| Blue Angels Team 1 - 6 |
Fleet Week air show schedule – Sunday, Oct. 13
| TIME | PERFORMANCE |
| 12:30 p.m. | Anthem - U.S. Navy Parachute Team |
| United Airlines | |
| MH-65/C-27 Demo | |
| Break | |
| Patriots Jet Team | |
| F-22 Demo | |
| F-22 Heritage Flight - F-22/P-51 | |
| Ace Maker - T-33 | |
| Break | |
| F-35B Demo | |
| Randy Howell/Cory Lovell - Dual | |
| United Airlines | |
| Break | |
| 3 p.m. | Blue Angels - Fat Albert |
| Blue Angels Team 1 - 6 |
For more information about Fleet Week, check out our detailed Fleet Week events guide.
