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

The Blue Angels are back for their first hometown air show of the 79th season, and they're bringing back some new and familiar faces.

The Blue Angels are looking for a new Fat Albert. The Navy hasn't decided which aircraft will replace Fat Albert. A Royal Air Force C-130 J is a possibility.

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

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

It was his first ride with the Blue Angels and even he was impressed. We had about 30 minutes to self-tour Fat Albert and that alone was incredible.

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

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’ support aircraft, the C-130J “Fat Albert” is finally in the United States. The aircraft was originally supposed to fly to Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Home ...

At the annual military extravaganza in San Francisco, CNET flies the friendly skies in the Blue Angels' support craft, a C-130 named Fat Albert. The plane may be chubby, but it gives an intense ride.

There wouldn’t be a Blue Angels show without Fat Albert — the C-130 cargo plane that carries the unit's gear as well as 40 team members. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.