Fat Albert, probably the world’s most recognisable C-130 Hercules, is due to head to the UK for a spell of winter heavy ...

10,000 flight hours in the C-130: the most hours ever recorded by a pilot in the Hercules. On Sept. 24, 2024, Gary Hogg, a seasoned test pilot logged his 10,000th flight hours in the C-130 Hercules ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — All eyes were on the skies Sunday at the 130th Airlift Wing, McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston. Wing Commander Col. Bryan Preece flew in one of the first two ...

L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) has won a potential five-year, $667.9M contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain all variants of the service branch's C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. The company will ...

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 ...

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HURLBURT FIELD — Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is working toward making its workhorse multiple-role four-engine C-130 turboprop airplane even more versatile. Working in partnership with ...

Airod upgrade contract stalls due to lack of funds and possible order for up to eight A400Ms Malaysia has delayed a glass- cockpit upgrade for its Lockheed Martin C-130 transports as it ponders ...

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully demonstrated the recovery of an X-61 Gremlins drone, retrieving it into a C-130 Hercules aircraft mid-air. The complex maneuver ...