The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will be in the sky this weekend at the Sound of Speed Airshow in St. Joseph.

According to Master Sgt. Mike Dudzinski with the 139th Airlift Wing, anyone attending the air show will get to see things not usually seen at an airport.

“It gives people the opportunity to come out and see aircraft operated at the threshold of their abilities. These are aircraft, cargo aircraft, fighter aircraft, bomber aircraft…  You’re going to get to see some great demonstration teams to include the U.S. Air Force F-16 Demo Team,” Dudzinski said. “The Navy Leap Frogs are going to kick off the Air Show at noon both days and you will, of course, see the headlining act, the prestigious, Navy Blue Angels demonstration teams as they just tear up the skies.”

The Blue Angels have performed in Missouri the past few years with an air show in St. Louis in 2016 and Kansas City in 2015. Their most recent appearance in St. Joseph was 2010.

Admission to the air show is free, but United Way of Greater St. Joseph President Kylee Strough said any free will donations will benefit the 2018-19 United Way campaign.

“(There was) a little over $10,000 at the 2016 Airshow and those dollars go straight to the United Way campaign which benefits 17 agencies and seven initiatives right here in our community that impact local lives every single day,” Strough said.

Gates open for the Sound of Speed Airshow at 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday and flights start at noon at Rosecrans Memorial Airport in St. Joseph.

For more information, go to stjairshow.com.