Alexander Armatas

Career

Armatas was accepted into the United States Naval Academy in 1998,

Before joining the Blue Angels, Armatas completed more than 900 aircraft carrier landings and logged more than 4000 hours of flight time. In 2022 Armatas was named the commander of the Blue Angels to succeed Kesselring. Armatas's call sign is "Scribe", as the unofficial historian of his unit. He flies the number-one jet and leads a squadron of 150.

Armatas was featured in the 2024 documentary film The Blue Angels, which was filmed during the 2022 show season. Armatas is shown training to be the 2023 commander of the team.