A United States Air Force Materiel Command standards and evaluation civilian pilot has clocked an incredible 10,000 flight hours over this 41-year career flying various C-130 Hercules tactical ...

Cockpit view of a USAF C-130 transport plane dropping U.S. Army Paratroopers over Juliet drop zone, Aviano, Italy. Units - 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, U.

The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry conditions, scorching over 30,000 acres.

A Kentucky Air Guard C-130J tucked away at the back of the U.S. Defense Department static display at Farnborough Airshow 2024. Credit: Guy Ferneyhough/Aviation Week Network FARNBOROUGH—Lockheed Martin ...

CHEYENNE - Maj. Alan Brown is a pilot like no other in the nation. He flies a C-130 Hercules for the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Airlift Squadron, which is part of the 153rd Airlift Wing. But ...

GREAT FALLS — The Montana Air National Guard's mission change from F-15 fighter jets to C-130 cargo planes continues. About half the 120th Fighter Wing's F-15s have been moved to Fresno, Calif., and ...

A Luftwaffe KC-130J at ILA 2024 in Berlin. Lockheed Martin is seeing an accelerated and expanded interest in the Hercules, given the surge in Ukraine resupply operations over the last two years.

A Turkish military cargo plane crashed in Georgia on Tuesday, killing all 20 on board in the Nato member’s deadliest military incident for half a decade. The C-130 cargo aircraft had only just ...

The C-130 was built with longevity in mind. The airframe was over-engineered to be tough. The skin is thick. The frame is stress tolerant. Four robust turboprop engines deliver thrust and control ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The three U.S. firefighters killed when their C-130 Hercules tanker plane crashed while battling fierce bushfires in Australia were all former U.S. military members aged in their ...