The newer C-130J helps Fat Albert keep up with the Blue Angels. The six-bladed propellers provide up to 20% more thrust compared to the old models, making it feel like a whole other aircraft.

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 ...

The Blue Angels have used support aircraft since the team’s inception but didn’t begin using C-130s until 1970. Since then, the Blue Angels have used variations of the C-130.

Flight aboard "Fat Albert" and the Blue Angels The C-130 known affectionately as "Fat Albert" plays a key role with the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. Friday's flight was about 30 minutes.

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.

Fat Albert is true to its name in appearance alone. Despite the C-130J’s 132-foot wingspan and weighing over 100,000 tons, this plane can book it. Within what felt like seconds, we were off the ...

The Fat Albert crew members are the techies in the elaborate, airborne play that is a Blue Angels demonstration. They fly equipment and people between air shows, make last-minute dashes to other ...

The Blue Angels’ new C-130J “Fat Albert” performed on July 20, 2020 the first Functional Check Flight (FCF) from Cambridge Airport’s runway 05, where the former Royal Air Force Hercules ...

The huge blue and yellow aircraft is nicknamed "Fat Albert." In official military parlance, it's a Lockheed Martin C-130T Hercules. The Marine Corps plane hauls the maintenance and support equipmen… ...

The Blue Angels' final show for the 2017 season is this weekend. They will fly at 1:30 pm on Friday, and at 2:00 pm on Saturday on Veteran's Day. Gates at NAS Pensacola open at 8 am.

Media got the chance to fly in the Blue Angels' "Fat Albert." "Fat Albert" is the elite team's C-130 cargo aircraft. "Fat Albert" is a nickname given to the plane by Marine Corps Blue Angel pilots ...