Blue Angels return to Milwaukee

A Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet takes off at the 128th Air Refueling Wing on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26. The Blue Angels last appeared in Milwaukee in 2017 for the air show at the city's lakefront.

A Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet takes off at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26. The Blue Angels last appeared in Milwaukee in 2017 for the air show at the city's lakefront.

Lt. Julius Bratton sits inside the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet as it backs out before taking off at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26. The Blue Angels last appeared in Milwaukee in 2017 for the air show at the city's lakefront.

Lt. Julius Bratton, right, waves from a Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet with co-pilot, Lcdr. Adam Kerrick before taking off at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26. The Blue Angels last appeared in Milwaukee in 2017 for the air show at the city's lakefront.

A Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet takes off at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26. The Blue Angels last appeared in Milwaukee in 2017 for the air show at the city's lakefront.

A Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet backs out before taking off at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26. The Blue Angels last appeared in Milwaukee in 2017 for the air show at the city's lakefront.

Blue Angel pilots, Lcdr. Adam Kerrick, left, and Lt. Julius Bratton pack up their gear on a U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26. The Blue Angels last appeared in Milwaukee in 2017 for the air show at the city's lakefront.

The engines are seen on a U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

Msgt. Kellen Kroening, a public affairs official with the 128th Air Refueling Wing, takes a photo of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

Blue Angel pilots, Lcdr. Adam Kerrick, right, and Lt. Julius Bratton speak at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

A Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet sets in a hanger at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26.

Blue Angel pilots, Lcdr. Adam Kerrick, right, and Lt. Julius Bratton speak at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Two members of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26. The Blue Angels last appeared in Milwaukee in 2017 for the air show at the city's lakefront. Photo by Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Paul Rogers, president of Milwaukee Air & Water Show speaks at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee as members of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels aerobatic team made the Milwaukee stop to promote their return next summer to the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, to be held July 24-26.

Blue Angel pilots, LT. Julius Bratton, left, and Lcdr. Adam Kerrick, speak to the media at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

A look under the wing of a Navy Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

The wing tip, where ammunition would be located on an in-service Blue Angels F/A18 Hornet jet at the 128th Air Refueling Wing located on the east side of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.