Why the Lockheed C-130 Hercules won’t be retired anytime soon

The C-130 family has demonstrated the ability to remain flying for 70 years, while production is not expected to wrap up ...
Yahoo

California's new C-130 firefighting aircraft flies first mission in Riverside County

California's latest weapon in the never-ending war against wildfires, a former military plane repurposed to drop fire retardant, has deployed on its first mission in Riverside County. CAL FIRE's first ...
Novinite

US C-130 Hercules Lands in Bulgaria as American Military Aircraft Gather at Sofia Airport

A U.S. C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft arrived in Sofia from the NATO air base in Ramstein, according to ...
KEYT

Department of Defense activates eight C-130 aircraft to assist with Los Angeles County firefighting

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Thursday, U.S. Northern Command activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems and their personnel to support firefighting ...
The National Interest on MSN

America just deployed C-130 planes to Antarctica?

The enormous C-17 Globemaster, the mainstay of the Air Force’s transport fleet, often has trouble operating in cold ...
Santa Barbara Independent

USNORTHCOM Activates Eight C-130 Aircraft In Response to LA Wildfires

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. PETERSON SFB, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting ...
CBS News 8

Cal Fire expands fleet with seven C-130 aircraft, including one based in Ramona

RAMONA, Calif. — California is now better equipped to fight wildfires as Cal Fire just added a new air tanker to its fleet. The C-130 Hercules is one of seven the state is retrofitting and deploying ...
KBTX

TEEX, Disaster City receives C-130 Hercules Aircraft for training use

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - If you were driving on Highway 6 Wednesday, you might have seen an unexpected sight on the road. The body of a C-130 Hercules aircraft was transported from Wichita Falls and ...
Sacramento Bee

First of California’s long-awaited military aircraft in use to fight wildfires. See it fly

A military aircraft converted to fight California wildfires is in the air after years of federal delays. The first of seven C-130 aircraft transferred from the U.S. Coast Guard and retrofitted is now ...
Yahoo

Brazil's C-390 Millennium is giving the US' C-130 Hercules cargo plane a run for its money

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interest in Brazil's C-390 cargo plane is growing, competing with the US' C-130 Hercules in demand. While Embraer's C-390 hasn't ...
Al-Monitor

Turkey grounds all C-130 military aircraft after Georgia crash kills 20

ANKARA — Turkey has grounded all C-130 military cargo aircraft as a precaution following a crash earlier this week that killed 20 military personnel, a Turkish Defense Ministry official said on ...
The Nation Newspaper

NAF’s C-130 aircraft lands in The Gambia en route Portugal for maintenance

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said its C-130 aircraft on maintenance programme to Portugal, made a stopover in Banjul, The Gambia, yesterday. NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, ...