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NAF El Centro
Winter Home of the US Navy Blue Angels

NAF El Centro and its personnel have a role of providing essential support to the squadrons and units training here. This includes flight operations, logistics, billeting, messing, hangars, ramps, aircraft parking space, administration and supply transport. Every month, seven to 12 squadrons and up to 1,600 personnel train here. Additionally, U.S. Air Force parachutists, U.S. Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and British, French, German and Italian aviators visit for various phases of their training.

Naval Air Facility El Centro was commissioned on May 1, 1946, as a Naval Air Station. Prior to that, the base was a Marine Corps Air Station. Through the years, Navy El Centro has had several names: Naval Air Facility, Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Naval Air Station, and the National Parachute Test Range.

Because if it's unique location, NAF El Centro is known to every naval aviator and plays a key role in their initial and refresher training. What makes the NAF so special is its combination of unique climate, vast unobstructed desert terrain, limited non-military air traffic and its own dedicated gunnery and bomb ranges. These factors make NAF El Centro an ideal environment for aerial combat maneuvering, air-to-air gunnery, bombing practice and electronic warfare training. Variable climatic conditions and population are limiting factors at the Navy's only other facilities with similar missions – Fallon, Nevada, and Key West, Florida. The result is that NAF El Centro is very busy and in high demand. For example, the number of flight operations (landings and take-offs) exceeded 167,000 in 1999. Flight operations on a typical day reach over 450 between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.

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El Centro John Jay Inn - Best Western 2352 S 4th Street, El Centro, CA 92243 US; Each spacious guestroom features free highspeed Internet access, refrigerators, microwaves and other amenities. Hotel guests may also enjoy a deluxe continental breakfast. This Imperial Valley resort prides itself on providing friendly, personal service.

El Centro Ramada Inn 1455 Ocotillo Dr., El Centro, CA 92243; Ramada Inn El Centro is a two-story, 147-room, brick building. Just seconds from Interstate Highway 8, in El Centro. Featuring nice surroundings and clean, comfortable guestrooms, a large outdoor pool, weight room, and guest laundry, the only thing a guest might need is a complimentary cocktail in The Amigo Room Lounge, or a late night snack at the Denny's Restaurant located on the premises.

Borrego Springs Stanlunds Resort - Borrego Springs CA 2771 Borrego Springs Road, Borrego Springs, CA 92004; Stanlunds is located in Borrego Springs which is in the center of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the largest state park in California. Miles of hiking,off road driving and biking.You can enjoy golf in one of the four golf cources.

Palm Springs Villa Royale Inn Resort Hotel 1620 South Indian Trail, Palm Springs, CA 92264 A romantic getaway site with packages for two night stays with spa services and dinner for two. Breathtaking mountain views surround the Villa Royale Inns intimate three acres single story Tuscan Estate Property. Tranquil courtyards overflow with the scents of fragrant citrus, jasmine and lavender. Gently-cascading fountains and a meandering stream bring calm and relaxation.

US Navy's Blue Angels

Team Website - Official Unit website with National Air Show Schedule and General Media info.

The U.S. Navy's Precision Flight Demonstration was first organized in 1946. Each year it performs nearly 70 air shows at 33 locations in the U.S. and Canada, entertaining over 17 million spectators. It serves as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors for the US Navy and Marine Corps.

Currently the team flies six bright blue F/A-18 Hornets which seemlessly transition between various manuvers while flying at hundreds of miles per hour. This all-volunteer group consists of 16 officers and 110 enlisted crew.

While normally based in Pensacola Florida, their winter home is NAF El Centro where they can be seen (Jan-Mar) training pilots and new crew members.

El Centro Air Show Mid-March
Public exhibition of US Navy's Blue Angels Flight team and other aviation exhibits. (760) 352-3681.
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El Centro Comfort Inn
The Comfort Inn & Suites hotel is found in the southern most part of California, only 12 miles from Mexicali and 10 miles from Calexico. There are a wide variety of restaurants and lounges located in the area. Be sure to visit Zebra's, the on-site cocktail lounge.

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Borrego Springs Country Club Resort
1112 Tilting T Drive, Borrego Springs, CA 92004;
Serene resort oasis found tucked away in the Anza Borrego Desert at the foot of the Santa-Rosa Mountains. The Borrego Springs Country Club features 100 guestrooms that are well appointed with a casual early California charm.

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