From Fox News: Seattle climate activists are protesting an upcoming U.S. Navy Blue Angels airshow, claiming the jets pollute the environment, while a local woman filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming the military jets traumatized her ailing cat.
The Blue Angels, the elite military flight demonstration team consisting of 140 active-duty Sailors and Marines, aims to “showcase the excitement, precision, and power of naval aviation” with their performances, now in their 79th year, the Blue Angels website says. The squadron has been performing at Seattle’s Seafair festival since 1972.
The Airshow Climate Action Coalition put up a billboard in Seattle this week declaring, “Say No to Blue Angels.” The coalition, made up of members from local climate groups as well as the radical global climate group, Extinction Rebellion, is planning to march and hold a rally on August 2 in protest of the Blue Angels airshow that weekend.
On the billboard, people are shown with their hands over their ears or raising their fists to protest the jets.
The jets cause “war trauma” and pollution, the group claims.
During the billboard’s unveiling, protesters held signs saying “Demilitarize Seafair” and “No military airshows.”
Before the Blue Angels roar over Seattle, some are calling for the end of the airshow. https://t.co/7FNaR8RGuO
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) July 23, 2025
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