The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team, flying their F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, enters Baltimore Harbor to begin its performance for a crowd of 75,000 people during the city’s Star Spangled Sailabration, commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the National Anthem, the Star Spangled Banner. Naval vessels from the United States and other maritime nations are commemorating the Bicentennial. The F/A-18 Hornet aircraft and other aircraft types in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory, are a component of the assets that enable the Navy’s ability to operate forward and ensure freedom of the seas for commerce, travel and basic human rights, which is a fundamental mission of the U.S. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.