This particular aircraft recently completed a humanitarian mission in Mozambique, delivering cargo to aid groups for distribution. The C-130J variant can also be used to fight fire, with the ...

Essentially it is a 1950s cargo plane, the C-130 Hercules, decked out with guns ... Recent footage from Warleaks takes us inside this mighty gunship, as we'll explore in the slides below.

The largest aircraft ever to land on an aircraft carrier was the Lockheed C-130, a cargo transport plane never designed for ...

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The ever-enduring C-130 Hercules celebrated 70 years of unwavering service last year. Since its inception ...

The Pentagon signaled earlier this week that Air Force C-17s could be used to fly deportation flights. That's happening now.

The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved airstrips in forward combat zones. The C-130 can be rapidly reconfigured for the various types of cargo such as ...

The Department of Defense deployed modified C-130 aircraft and Navy helicopters ... Waterbombing process The unit can fit inside the cargo hold with no structural modification to allow for quick ...

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 ...

It takes, for instance, seven C-130J Super Hercules and C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft. And this weekend those large cargo planes came together on a runway in Guam for an “elephant walk.” ...

SAN DIEGO — The Cal Fire C-130 is a flying fortress of firefighting power. The converted US Coast Guard cargo plane is loaded with 36,000 pounds of flame retardant or water, to put out fast moving ...

Today, Delta flies an expansive fleet of aircraft, from the Airbus A220 to the Boeing 767, to move passengers and freight. For seven years, Delta also operated the commercial version of the C-130, the ...

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