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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Everything to know: Headed to your first Blue Angels air show? Here's what to know about the team Fat Albert is a Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules that follows the Blue Angels across the country as ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...