Lockheed C-130 Hercules - Wikipedia
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.
C-130 History - Lockheed Martin
The C-130 has the longest, continuous military aircraft production run in history and one of the top three longest, continuous aircraft production lines of any type. Those who design, build, fly, support and maintain a Hercules often say the plane is without a doubt the world’s most proven workhorse— and for good reason.
C-130 Hercules > Air Force > Fact Sheet Display
To date, the Air Force has taken delivery of 121 C-130J aircraft from Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Company. Active-duty locations for the C-130 and its variations are Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; Little Rock AFB, Arkansas; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Yokota AB, Japan.
Lockheed C-130a Hercules · The Encyclopedia of Aircraft David C…
2019年5月8日 · The most successful large military transport in the Western inventory, with more than 2,000 examples built in a variety of versions, the Hercules continues in production in the C-130J variant. The first of two YC-130 prototypes was flown on 23 August 1954 and subsequently production commenced at the Lockheed Georgia, Marietta facility, where ...
Story of Innovation: C-130 Hercules - Lockheed Martin
2020年10月1日 · At the dawn of the jet age, Lockheed engineers developed a stubby turboprop cargo aircraft that became a timeless airlifter that still operates today: the C-130 Hercules.
Lockheed C-130A Hercules - Pima Air & Space
Lockheed C-130A Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been in constant production since 1954 giving it the record for the longest production run of any military aircraft. The Hercules, or “Herk” was designed in response to a U.S. Air Force requirement for a turboprop powered tactical transport to replace the C-119.
C-130 Hercules: the plane that defined tactical airlift
2022年5月25日 · Elevated view of the first production version of the US Air Force’s Lockheed C-130A Hercules military transports at Lockheed’s factory, Marietta, Georgia, 1955. (Photo by Lockheed Aircraft Company/PhotoQuest/Getty Images) The first Hercules rolled off the production line and into the air in 1954.
50 Years of Hercules | Smithsonian
Designated the YC-130A, the new airplane was the second of two prototypes built at Lockheed’s Burbank plant. The aircraft looked nothing like its contemporaries. Its wings lay like a plank...
Aircraft Museum - C-130 Hercules - Aerospaceweb.org
2011年4月6日 · With a high-mounted wing to maximize cargo space and a hydraulically-operated ramp at the rear of the fuselage, the C-130 set the standard layout for all future cargo aircraft. The initial C-130A was so popular with pilots and capable of such exceptional performance that the basic airframe was soon adapted to numerous other tasks.
Aircraft: Lockheed C-130A Hercules - Aero Web
The backdrop for the park is a semicircle of trees, each representing the various types of aircraft downed during U.S. aerial reconnaissance missions. The centerpiece of the memorial is a C-130 aircraft, refurbished to resemble the reconnaissance-configured C-130A, 60528, which was downed by Soviet fighters over Soviet Armenia on 2 September 1958.