The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert, recently returned to its role as the logistics and transport aircraft of the Blue Angels. Fat Albert ...

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., on Tuesday.

Exceptional flying skills aren’t the only thing you need to be a part of the US Navy’s elite aerial demonstration team.

I flew with U.S. Navy servicemembers on “Fat Albert,” a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, as a civilian guest rider, Friday, March 14. This support aircraft typically transports ...

The official Navy line is the Blue Angels name came from the paint scheme for the aircraft combined with the elite nature of the high-flying ... Corps C-130 support craft, Fat Albert.

The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels are ... eighth plane — a C-130 cargo aircraft that does some remarkable maneuvering of its own. The plane is fondly nicknamed “Fat Albert.” ...