While aircraft like the F-35 Lightning II or F-22 Raptor tend to get all the press, one of the most important planes in the U.S. Air Force's entire inventory isn't a fighter. The Lockheed C-130 ...

Let’s take a closer look at an aircraft that has performed myriad roles for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard since first flying more than 70 years ago. The C-130 is the longest ...

The C-130 was also honored at the Yokota Air Base in Japan, where the 36th Airlift Squadron and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron took to the skies to commemorate ...

A U.S. Air Force aircrew operates a C-130 Hercules over Fort McCoy air space on Sept. 15, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to its Air Force fact sheet, the C-130 Hercules primarily performs the ...

But a derivative of the C-130, the AC-130 gunship, is a deceptively lethal ground-attack aircraft that has served with the U.S. Air Force since the 1960s. Loaded with a variety of gatling guns ...

The Spanish Air Force was one of the operators of the excellent Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transport aircraft. The ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday evening to secure C-130 aircraft for the Air Force. There was concern that funding for the planes could be cut. The C-130 planes are ...

American C-17 Globemaster III transports, Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Super Hercules ... A pallet of equipment rigged for airdrop from a C-130, exercise Saber Junction 15 in Smardan ...

Duty stations: Vietnam, Thailand; Clark Air Force Base, Philippine Islands; Tacoma, Wash.; Phoenix, Ariz. His story: Alan Price wanted to be an Air Force pilot from the time he was in sixth grade.

[Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] Can a Lockheed ... operations in the Air Force’s venerable cargo workhorse. Under the collaboration, Merlin Labs will retrofit a C-130 with software and technology ...

The Air Force Mobility Command confirmed to Defense News that a large number of its C-130 Hercules cargo planes — which numbered 128 in the beginning of the fiscal year — are now unable to fly.