The U.S. Navy’s elite Blue Angels demonstration team is test flying its new “Fat Albert” transport. The plane was purchased from the Royal Air Force and painted in Blue Angels colors.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Fat Albert is being retired, the Blue Angels announced Wednesday night. Fat Albert has been with the Blue Angels for 17 years and has flown more than 30,000 hours, in front of millions of fans ...

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 ...

CHESTERFIELD, Mo — The skies were graced with an impressive sight this morning as the Blue Angels rolled into ... known affectionately as “Fat Albert.” “He is our logistical platform.

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 ...

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.