Blue Angels 1, 2, 3 and 4 are lined up wing to wing over Baltimore Harbor in an extremely close formation as they pass the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sledge (WLIC 75303). The parents of Blue Angel # 2, Lt. John Hiltz of Fort Mitchell, Ky., were embarked aboard Cuter Sledge during the Father’s Day weekend performance to watch the show. Hiltz’s mother stated she attended many of the team’s performances, but this was the first that she was so close and able to see the pilots in the cockpit. Hiltz’s father, reflecting during the Father’s Day weekend performance, said that he was proud of all three of his sons, including Hiltz; a son who is serving in the Coast Guard and his third son who is a Navy Supply Corps veteran. Sledge was anchored off of historic Fort McHenry, where 16.500 people were among the crowd of 75,000 people who watched the show 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.