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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been "the" tactical transport aircraft of the United States Air Force and many of its allies and partners for decades. Today, it is found in service with everything ...

The MC-130J Commando II is an upgraded version of the C-130 cargo plane. The plane assists in infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply for special ops forces. The US Air Force recently began utilizing ...

A deep dive into Turkey’s purchase of RAF’s retired C-130Js and the future of its airlift fleet. In recent years, Turkey has been steadily strengthening ...

The Austrian Ministry of Defence announced it would select the C-390 Millennium aircraft as its new tactical transport. On Sept. 20, 2023, the Austrian Ministry of Defence announced that it selected ...

Includes depot-level maintenance and sustainment Expands U.S. Air Force sustainment capacity for improved fleet readiness Leverages company’s 1.1 million-square-foot aircraft modification center ...

The Lockheed Martin C-130J won’t be taking to the air over the Big Sky state anytime soon it seems. While the Montana Air National Guard (MANG) had been among eight finalists named earlier this year ...

Chris Dare, director, MRO services and solutions at Marshall, describes how the UK company is a global authority on the ubiquitous C-130 Hercules Q: For those who aren’t familiar, can you briefly ...

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully demonstrated the recovery of an X-61 Gremlins drone, retrieving it into a C-130 Hercules aircraft mid-air. The complex maneuver ...

The Little Rock Air Force Base would receive 10 more of the latest model of the C-130 Hercules combat airlift aircraft, according to the proposed 2015 Air Force budget. If adopted, the plan would ...