Is in fact 63-7423 painted to represent the Blue Angels F-4J

Retired Blue Angel F/A-18D on the wash rack for annual cleaning/maintenance. This a/c is currently displayed on the outdoor flightline.

On loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum, this Panther is displayed in Aviation Heritage Park with Blue Angels colors. Dedicated to Kentucky native LCDR John Magda, a Blue Angel pilot who was killed in combat over Korea on March 9, 1951.

Aircraft is in fact 150076 painted to represent 154180

One year after this pic was taken, this F-4J left the Blue Angels for the NATC, where it retained its blue colour scheme for some time.

The Blue Angels received Phantoms in 1969. This pic was taken two years later, one year before it crashed in California, on 14 February 1972.

161526 belonged to the first badge of F/A-18As of the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (USNFDS) Blue Angels. Its a F/A-18A-7 of fiscal year 1980 and was factory fresh assigned to the FDS in Sep'87, the month this photo taken. From late '90 up to '95 it was assigned in to the Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division at NAS Patuxent River (MD) as SD-410. It was withdrawn from service in the fall of '98 and transferred to Fort Leonard Wood (MO) for use with the Chemical School for decontion drills. In '06 it was seen in a very bad shape. In the background 161524 is seen, crashed 23 jan '90

One of the last operational TA-4Js of the Blues was pictured at its homebase Pensacola. The BuNo of this aircraft strangely appeared on a preserved TA-4J at the Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville (FL). That Titusville bird is actually BuNo 152867. The current whereabout of this real 152722 is unknown.

Opposing solo Lt. Tyler Davies tucks up the gear for another display. Lt Davies joined the Blue Angels in 2015 and 163444 has been flying with them since 2011.