The first C-130J earmarked for conversion into the new E-130J Phoenix II has rolled out of the factory, as shown in an image released by NAVAIR. Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, released the ...

When Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s, a company engineer, Kelly Johnson, said they’d be lucky to sell a hundred. Out on the tarmac in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin’s ...

The Air Force is progressing with a massive technological overhaul of its warzone-tested C-130 aircraft, giving the platform new radios, digital avionics, collision avoidance technology and ...

Like the A-10 Warthog, it's the Hercules' awesome capability that makes it a total badass. Simply put, the C-130 is a do-anything aircraft and its service record shows it.

Hohenfels Training Area cleared to land C-130 aircraft on new airstrip By Sgt. Alicia M. Brocuglio 130th Public Affairs Detachment CTARNG August 4, 2015 ...

The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire retardant in under five seconds.

From a retardant delivery perspective, a single C-130 delivers over three times more than the S-2T Airtankers currently in use by CAL FIRE. In service for more than 60 years, the C-130 is a workhorse ...

The C-130 Hercule returns in a new doomsday role. If nuclear war breaks out, this will be the most important aircraft in the sky.