Preview of Saturday's Fleet Week festivities

Free ship tours will be offered all weekend. Visitors can climb on board, see the flight decks, sleeping quarters, missile launchers, and hear from sailors about their day to day life on board.

Blue Angels perform airshow over San Francisco
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KTVU Photojournalist Martin Holeton caught the Fleet Week festivities Friday in San Francisco

The ride of a lifetime: KTVU's Heather Holmes flies with the elite Blue Angels

On a clear blue sky day at Oakland Airport's North Field, an F/A -18 Hornet with a slick coat of paint in blue and gold U.S. Navy colors is waiting to take Heather Holmes on the ride of a lifetime. 

2019 San Francisco Fleet Week Schedule of Events

People visiting the city this week should allow for extra travel time and, if driving, make sure you don't leave valuables in your car that could potentially attract burglars. 2019 Fleet Week Schedule of Events

Here for Fleet Week? they serve their country and the hungry
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Among those serving lunch to the thousands of hungry and homeless at San Francisco?s St. Anthony?s dining room Thursday was U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Christine Carter.

Security increase at Bay Area events this weekend
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You can tell it's Fleet Week by the Navy vessel docked on the waterfront and members of the United States Armed Services are proudly wearing their uniforms. But this is just one of several major events in the city this weekend. Thousands of people will also gather at Golden Gate Park for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass concert and there is, even more, going on.

Frank Somerville takes to the skies
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The KTVU anchor was able to go up with the Breitling flight team as part of Fleet Week. Here's his experience.

Fleet Week: Blue Angels take to the skies
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The annual Fleet Week is expected to draw thousands to San Francisco. Tara Moriarty reports.

For one Blue Angels pilot, it's a homecoming and dream come true
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You may have seen the unmistakable streak in the sky, or heard a loud noise. The Blue Angels are back in town. They've been running practice drills over the Bay Area Thursday.

Marines take time out of Fleet Week to visit sick children in hospital
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About a dozen U.S. Marines and Blue Angels took time out from their normal Fleet Week duties to visit with some sick children at a San Francisco hospital on Tuesday.

Earthquake safety drill held as part of SF's 36th Fleet Week
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It's "Selfie with a Sailor" all week long in San Francisco. That's because more than 2,000 sailors, marines, and members of the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy are expected to arrive for the city's 36th Fleet Week.