The newer C-130J helps Fat Albert keep up with the Blue Angels. The six-bladed propellers provide up to 20% more thrust compared to the old models, making it feel like a whole other aircraft.

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

The new “Fat Albert,” now known by its U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics number BuNo 170, remained in the U.K. to reportedly receive modifications and a new Blue Angels paint job.

The new paint was gleaming when Fat Albert took off from runway 05 at Cambridge Airport (England) on August 4. Onboard was the Blue Angels’ U.S. Marine Corps flight crew that always flies the C-130.

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.

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.

Pensacola News Journal Executive Editor Lisa Nellessen Savage prepares for take off in the Blue Angels C130J Hercules flight deck, commonly known as Fat Albert, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.

Fat Albert has been with the Blue Angels for 17 years and has flown more than 30,000 hours, in front of millions of fans. News Sports Play Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels' C-130, Fat Albert, passes in front of the crowd at the 2018 Pensacola Beach Air Show, July 14, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo/Jess Gray) ...

Fat Albert, the Blue Angel’s C-130J Super Hercules, is an air show favorite. ... The plane carries 38,000 pounds of equipment and 42 passengers to each of the Blue Angels shows a year. ...

The former C-130T Fat Albert (BUNO 164763) has been with the Blue Angels since 2002 and was retired in May 2019, after flying more than 30,000 hours in support of the team.