{"id":283722,"date":"2026-07-01T16:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/283722\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:25:31","slug":"blue-angels-lead-july-4-flyover-over-hudson-river-near-verrazzano-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/283722\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Angels lead July 4 flyover over Hudson River near Verrazzano Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/\" title=\"Navigate to News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>Updated: Jun. 30, 2026, 5:45 p.m.|Published: Jun. 30, 2026, 5:45 p.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Blue Angels July 4\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/USCXDKMWOZHDFLRS62ZGS6TAJ4.JPG\"  \/>The Blue Angels will lead a formation of aircraft on the Hudson River and near the Verrazzano Bridge beginning around 10 a.m. on July 4(Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4LAN25V27NGKVNCDGIXGUL4UOE\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A massive formation of U.S. and international fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft will fly over the Hudson River near the Verrazzano Bridge on July 4 at around 10 a.m. as part of an International Aerial Review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"D3DKADILQZAEPBAMONRRMFI6K4\">The Blue Angels will lead the flyover, which will include aircraft flying in coordinated formations over the International Parade of Sail. Officials said the display will also feature a surprise element that has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FC6HNOPIJRARDLM7QP322S27EQ\">Spectators and nearby residents are being advised to use ear protection due to the anticipated noise level.<\/p>\n<p>Scott R. Axelrod is a breaking news reporter for the Staten Island Advance\/SILive.com, covering everything from crime and community happenings to in-depth profiles of some of Staten Island\u2019s most distinctive&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NewsUpdated: Jun. 30, 2026, 5:45 p.m.|Published: Jun. 30, 2026, 5:45 p.m.The Blue Angels will lead a formation of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-283722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}