USMC KC-130F #150690 the first Blue Angels Fat Albert in the original white colours is seen at RAF Bentwaters on May 26th, 1973. [Photo by Richard Vandervord]
1973 I was sent on Temporary Assignment Duty to the Blue Angels from Whitting Field Florida to the Marine base in Cherry Point North Carolina to help preform the acceptance inspection on the C130 that was to become Fat Albert.