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The Triumphant Return of Fat Albert at Pensacola Beach 2018
The US Navy Blue Angel’s dedicated airlift support aircraft, Lockheed Martin KC-130T Bureau Number (BuNo) 164763/CN 5258, or simply Fat Albert to many, performed for an airshow crowd for the…
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Watch and Listen as 70 Years of US Navy Blue Angels History Come Alive
This Blue Angels retrospective was produced by the Blue Angels Association to celebrate the team’s 70th Anniversary in 2016. The video intermixes performance footage tracing all the way back to…
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Fat Albert C-130 Used To Blast Off On Rocket Assisted Takeoffs
Fat Albert is a unique aircraft. Aircraft like the C-27, C-130s and C-17s will occasionally perform routines at airshows. Fat Albert is the only large transport aircraft on a service-level…
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BREAKING: Marine Corps Grounds All KC-130T Hercules Tankers After Mississippi Crash
Fat Albert, the Blue Angels Lockheed Martin C-130T Hercules support airlifter and performer, has been grounded along with all 12 operational Marine Corps KC-130T tankers. The decision by the Marine…
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He’s Back! Blue Angels C-130 Fat Albert Poised To Return To Airshow Duty
NAS PENSACOLA, Fla. — The workhorse of the Blue Angels is returning to the squadron on Friday following nine months of intensive upgrades and repairs to the hulking C-130 Hercules…
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Lose Your Sh*t Aboard Fat Albert – The Blue Angels’ C-130 Bird
Hey, hey, hey. The Blue Angels’ “Fat Albert,” the demonstration group’s support transport, puts on a solo show. The Blue Angels flight demonstration team, made up of Navy and…
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You Won’t Believe What This Transport Plane Can Do…
While it’s not unusual to see a Boeing C-17 or Lockheed Martin C-130J fly demanding profiles at air shows, you won’t see either plane be this aggressive. The Airbus A-400M…
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