Fans of the Blue Angels will instantly recognize Fat Albert, which usually puts in a 15-minute cameo prior to the Blue Angels headline performance in their Super Hornets. But the plane is not only ...

U.S. Marines with the Silent Drill Platoon executed a drill sequence during the Blue Angels’ “Fat Albert” C-130J Super Hercules flyover at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz.

The Pensacola Beach Air Show dress rehearsal starts at 10:30 a.m. The Blue Angels are scheduled to fly at 2 p.m. A strong ...

Tens of thousands of Blue Angels fans are already making their way to Pensacola Beach for the culmination of Red, White and ...

Fat Albert is a Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules that follows the Blue Angels across the country as they perform air shows ...

July 9: Breakfast with the Blues – At 7:30 a.m., the Blue Angels will make a brief appearance at Pensacola Beach to mark ...

The Blue Angels will, of course, headline the four-day event, which kicks off with "Breakfast with the Blues" on Wednesday, July 9, followed by a practice flight on July 10, a full dress rehearsal on ...

The Blue Angels will add three new Super Hornet pilots, a new Fat Albert pilot and three more officers to the team in 2026.

FOX6 News got the opportunity on Friday, July 18, to fly with the Blue Angels on the team's airplane nicknamed “Fat Albert." ...

The C-130 known affectionately as "Fat Albert" plays a key role with the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels.

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.

FOX6's Aaron Maybin got the opportunity to ride aboard the Blue Angels' Fat Albert -- a C-130 aircraft -- and experience weightlessness.