when the US Navy successfully landed it on an aircraft carrier. The idea of a C-130 Hercules touching down on the deck of an aircraft carrier seemed far-fetched. Yet, this experiment became a ...

The US Navy wanted to test the limits of strategic ... efficiently without moving closer to shore. Thus, the bulky C-130 Hercules, with its extended range and massive payload, was selected for ...

As the Air Force (and other services) introduces new aircraft, various types of aircraft are expected to retire before 2030.

Flying into a hurricane's powerful winds on purpose may seem crazy. But intrepid pilots have been doing it for decades to get ...

The HC-130J Combat King II provides a long-range combat search and rescue mission in the Air Force and extends helicopter ...

The workhorse of the Air Force combat airlift fleet, the C-130 Hercules has been in service for more than half a century. Designed specifically to transport troops and equipment in the combat zone ...

The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert, recently returned to its role as the logistics and transport aircraft of the Blue Angels. Fat Albert ...

A group of militants recently took a shot at an Air Force C-130 Hercules — and got their asses ... are safe and sometimes that involves us providing armed overwatch, which is our capability ...

The first C-130J-30 Hercules earmarked for conversion into an E-130J TACAMO aircraft for the U.S. Navy is in production. Fresh on the heels of the ...

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base was damaged when its nose gear collapsed while the plane was on the tarmac By Jeff Schogol Posted on Oct 30 ...

Factory work is underway in Marietta, Georgia on the first of three C-130J airframes that Lockheed Martin will deliver to the ...