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.

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

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's just that emotion and when you hear those thrusters go over your head. It's one of those feelings you can't describe, in ...

The Blue Angels will, of course, headline the four-day event, which kicks off with "Breakfast with the Blues" on Wednesday, ...

Huge crowds watched the Blue Angels and the Pensacola Beach Airshow this year, possibly setting record attendance records.

Now he’s the pilot of the Blue’s transport plane, Fat Albert. That C-130 transport plane, he said, carries 42 crew members to every show, together with about 40,000 pounds of cargo.

The Blue Angels always close out the air show at 2 p.m. alongside the team’s beloved support aircraft, Fat Albert. Fat Albert will typically fly for about 15 minutes before the Blue Angels take to 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.