Fans around the world love the Blue Angels. Super fans love the Blue Angels’ support aircraft Fat Albert. More casual fans may not recognize the plane from its name alone, but anyone who has ...

The new paint was gleaming when Fat Albert took off from runway 05 at Cambridge Airport (England) on August 4. Onboard was the Blue Angels’ U.S. Marine Corps flight crew that always flies the C-130.

As I sat strapped into the cargo bench seats of Fat Albert on Thursday waiting for takeoff, I reminded myself over and over I was with the best pilots in the world — the Blue Angels. Then I ...

Middle Tennessee State University welcomed two distinguished members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels on Friday for a special ...

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels’ C-130T Hercules supply plane, nicknamed “Fat Albert,” flies near the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz during Fleet Week in San Francisco, California on October 9, 2015 ...

It's not hard to see why the Blue Angels' pet cargo plane was dubbed "Fat Albert." Alongside the nimble F-18 Hornet fighter jets, which will spin and soar above legions of spectators during Fleet ...

When I received an email in May that I had been nominated to fly with the Blue Angels’ beloved Fat Albert, I was ecstatic yet nervous. Only two years had passed since I first conquered my fear ...

Katie Higgins was the first female Blue Angels pilot, however. She flew “Fat Albert” for two seasons, 2015-2016.

The show is headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team. Leading the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Jets to the shores of Lake Michigan is 'Fat Albert,' a C130 first named by the ...

Fat Albert, the Navy’s Blue Angels’ C-130J Super Hercules support aircraft and its team was at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point recently for ...

Soltan will be flying Fat Albert, a C-130J that performs for about 10 minutes of the Blue Angels' show. Soltan said piloting the aircraft has been a major challenge, and learning opportunity.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The Blue Angels are in town, in case you haven’t heard. The elite fighter demonstration squad could be seen roaring over San Francisco Thursday in preparation for the ...