SF Prepares for Blue Angels as Fleet Week Gets Underway

F/A-18 Hornets of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly by the Golden Gate Bridge as they practice their Fleet Week performance in San Francisco. San Francisco kicks off its annual Fleet Week celebration with the parade of ships and an air show featuring the Blue Angels. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

San Francisco Bay Area residents will begin seeing Blue Angels pilots practicing in and around San Francisco skies on Oct. 4, in preparation for Fleet Week air shows all weekend.

The weeklong event, which welcomes dozens of U.S. Navy vessels and aircrafts, kicked off Monday, with the main attraction, the Blue Angels air show, happening Oct. 5  through Oct. 7.