Aircraft
New ‘Fat Albert’ for the Blue Angels
After some delay since approval was given by Congress, the Navy has completed on a deal to buy an ex-RAF Hercules for the Blue Angels team
Wearing team colors and Marine Corps titling, the most recent “Fat Albert” performs at a March 2019 air show at Salinas, California, weeks before the aircraft’s retirement. (photo: U.S. Navy)
Wearing team colors and Marine Corps titling, the most recent “Fat Albert” performs at a March 2019 air show at Salinas, California, weeks before the aircraft’s retirement. (photo: U.S. Navy)

Towards the end of June the U.S. Navy announced that it had signed a contract to buy a Lockheed Martin C-130J from the UK Ministry of Defence for $29.7 million. The aircraft will be used by the Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron—the "Blue Angels”—as a logistics support aircraft.


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