The USN Blue Angels perform the Delta Pitch Up Carrier Break to Land. All six pilots perform in the Delta: Commander Steve Foley (#1 Flight Leader/Commanding Officer), Lt. Commander John Saccomando (#2 Right Wing), USMC Major Mathew Shortal (#3 Left Wing), Lt. Commander Max McCoy (#4 Slot), Lt. Commander Craig R. Olson (#5 Lead Solo), and Lt. Commander Ted Steelman (#6 Opposing Solo).

A six-Hornet formation Pull Up Break or PUB.. Shortal chuckles. "It's a high-g maneuver--pull 8-10-deg. nose-up, then roll and pull 7.5g for 180 deg. [of turn]. The Hornet's slick and light on fuel then, so the jet really performs well." By breaking successively, a few seconds apart, the fighters wind up in trail on downwind, then land at 15-sec. intervals before the crowd. -[Aviation Week]

Photo by Bob Nelson, on Friday July 8, 2005 at the Fargo Air Park.