WIS 827 Greets Blue Angels in La Crosse, WI on 15 & 16 June 2024

Written By Scott Kolar

With help from the Naval Sea Cadets of the La Crosse, WI Council of the Navy League, especially Tom Sweeney, Wisconsin Inflatable Submarine (WIS) 827 was displayed at the Deke Slayton Airfest 2024 with performances of the Blue Angels in the background! WIS 827 is only a 1/11th scale model of the future USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827) and enjoyed by the crowd.

Blue Angel diamond formation

Fat Albert

LCDR Tom Sweeney, U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, La Crosse

Future submariners

Scott Kolar
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