The C-130 Hercules marked 70 years of service in 2024 ... component of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, since 1970, performing in airshows worldwide alongside the ...

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 ...

To join the flight crew of “Fat Albert,” the jet-assisted (JATO) C-130, Marine pilots need 1,200 hours. That’s just to get started. The Blue Angels train together as a team or on the road, performing ...

Resplendent in U.S. Navy Blue Angels livery, a Marine Corps C-130T ... s only four-engine design was the Constellation. For the C-130, Hawkins says, “there was no preceding model.