Japan’s Twitter users in love Air Self-Defense Force’s aerobatics team Blue Impulse

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Regardless of how you feel about air travel, we sure you’ll admit that watching an aerobatics show by top pilots is nothing short of amazing. So, whether you get woozy standing on a stool or you love soaring in the sky, you won’t want to miss the photos and videos from this week’s Blue Impulse show in Saitama!

今日は飛行機見てきたんだぁ♡ 久々のブルーインパルス♡♡ 人多すぎて辛かった…｡ﾟ(´pω・｀)ﾟ｡ https://t.co/AP98MiBh2t
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Blue Impulse is the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s team of aerobatics pilots who perform around the country to adoring and amazed crowds. They’ve been around for decades, having performed their first show in 1960, and the team has used three different types of jets over the last fifty years. Surpassing 1,000 performances in 2011, they’ve been flying Kawasaki’s T-4 subsonic jets since 1996.

Following their show in Saitama on Culture Day yesterday, Twitter was flooded with tweets of photos, videos, and outright awe. Check out some of the best!

やばいやばいやばい、ブルーインパルス想像以上にかっこ良すぎた。本当に凄かった。これで無料とか。来年も見たい。 #航空祭 https://t.co/Ifo33Fb4jx
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市原朋彦 (@HIK0SAMA) November 03, 2015

“Wow! Wow! Wow! Blue Impulse was even cooler than I had imagined! It was really amazing. And free. I hope I’ll get to see them again next year.”

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ブルーインパルス… 青空で良かったにゃ(●´ω｀●) https://t.co/wE0bmSGrKM
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ひろタンパニック障害社長♡事故療養中 (@sowa_hiroyuki) November 03, 2015

“Blue Impulse… I’m so glad we had clear skies. (●´ω｀●)”

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The photo above doesn’t really do the cupid’s arrow and heart justice—it looks like the wind kind of deformed it. Check out the short video below for a better look at it!

ブルーインパルスのバーティカルキューピッド！！！ #入間航空祭 #ブルーインパルス https://t.co/HG8W6okhXE
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Cタケ@ラブライバー［膝壊れ中］ (@crusher_take) November 03, 2015

We absolutely loved these zoomed in photos of the planes. Tom Cruise, eat your heart out!

航空祭ブルーインパルス編 #入間航空祭 #ブルーインパルス https://t.co/Lf7VHbuIuX
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八島颯也@写真部 (@FuyaApple) November 03, 2015

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And here are some of the awesome videos that appeared on Twitter. Blue Impulse’s performance and speed are amazing to watch! And now we’re wondering if they’d be willing to give us a ride next time the trains stop…

ブルーインパルス凄かった！！😳 https://t.co/kwLqhe6go3
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網谷ニコル (@Mae0128_Nicole) November 03, 2015

ブルーインパルスのこれすごい⭐️ https://t.co/IqTWpbFeD3
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RazerFan MASEGI/マセギ (@masegi) November 03, 2015

ブルーインパルスごちそうさまでした https://t.co/HSrp3w5QE4
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nyahonyaho (@nyahonyahoo) November 03, 2015

If you’re in Japan and you’d like to catch the Blue Impulse team in action, it looks like they have about five more shows before the end of the year. You can find schedule information on their official website here (Japanese only) or in English on this unofficial site.

Source: ITMedia, JASDF
Top image: Twitter/@FuyaApple