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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Follow along Friday as we provide live coverage of all of festivities, including parking, weather and performance updates.

Civilian acts and other military performers take to the skies throughout the day leading up to the final event: the Blue Angels. Fat Albert will lead the Blues with a short 10-15-minute ...

Red, White, and Blues week returns in two weeks, and the 2025 Pensacola Beach Air Show schedule has officially been released.

Here's a look at the Blue Angels pilots for the 79th air show season. ... Katie Higgins was the first female Blue Angels pilot, however. She flew “Fat Albert” for two seasons, 2015-2016.

New Blue Angels Fat Albert C-130J Demonstration Pilot. Maj. Joshua Horman, from Smithville, Missouri, is currently assigned to VMGR-252. He graduated from William Jewell College in 2009.