The C-130 features a loading ramp and door in the tail that can accomodate palletized loads, vehicles and troops. The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved ...

Lockheed's C-130 Hercules landed on an aircraft carrier in 1963, setting a record as the largest and heaviest aircraft to do so. The aircraft conducted 29 touch-and-go and 21 full-stop landings ...

The AC-130 planes, often referred to as gunships, have long served as flying artillery units for the U.S. armed forces. These ...

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