The Big Picture: Blue Impulse

Japan Air Self-Defense Force aerobatic demonstration

The Blue Impulse (T-4), the Japan Air Self-Defense Force demonstration team, perform during the Yokohama Port Opening Festival in Japan, marking its 150th anniversary.

The annual event is held to celebrate the opening of the port on June 2 1859.

Photo: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images



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