<P> When initially formed , the unit was called the Navy Flight Exhibition Team . The squadron was officially redesignated as the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron in December 1974 . The original team was christened the Blue Angels in 1946 , when one of the pilots came across the name of New York City 's Blue Angel Nightclub in The New Yorker magazine ; the team introduced themselves as the `` Blue Angels '' to the public for the first time on 21 July 1946 , in Omaha , Nebraska . </P>
where did the blue angels get their name
when one of the pilots came across the name of New York City 's Blue Angel Nightclub in The New Yorker magazine