The C-130 cargo plane was first designed in 1951. More than seven decades later, one of the plane's latest models, the MC-130J, is being fitted with a new weapons system that is changing how the ...

The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved airstrips in forward combat zones. The C-130 can be rapidly reconfigured for the various types of cargo such as ...