The Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been the US Air Force’s tactical workhorse for seven decades. Never designed to be glamorous, the C-130 was instead built to last—and to haul, drop, lift, and land ...

Though those who have only flown in the likes of Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s may never have even seen them in action, ...

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Lockheed’s long-lived C-130 Hercules has enjoyed an incredible career, and continues to serve some 60 nations in a variety of roles. Kelly Johnson made few mistakes as Lockheed’s star engineer, but he ...

A Hercules C-130 military aircraft maneuvres on the runway at Incirlik Air Base, in the outskirts of the city of Adana, southeastern Turkey, on July 28, 2015. After months of reluctance, Turkish ...

Seventy years since its first flight on Aug. 23, 1954, the C-130 Hercules has remained one of the most durable and versatile military aircraft in history. It has traversed every continent and been ...

The National Guard's 156th Airlift Squadron moved several tons of cargo from a base in Southwest Asia to an airstrip in Iraq, one of multiple deliveries on a 12-hour mission. (Military.com photo by ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year contract worth as much as $668 million to help maintain its fleet of C-130 aircraft at the company’s 1.1 ...

Rolls-Royce has received a $96.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to extend by five months the company’s engine repair and sustainment support for the C-130 military transport ...

The search continues for a missing engine from an Air Force C-130 airplane. The 3,500 pound engine caught on fire last night during a flight, then fell off. No one on the ground was hurt, and the ...

A U.S. C-130 transport plane that crashed at Jalalabad airport in Afghanistan early Friday morning — killing 14 people — apparently suffered engine failure before the accident, a senior defense ...