The U.S. Air Force is easily, by far, the most powerful air force on the planet. The USAF showcased its strength most ...

The C-130 Hercules is like the Swiss Army knife of aviation. Built by Lockheed Martin, this reliable and versatile aircraft holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest continuously produced ...

NASA's C-130 Hercules successfully transported the GUSTO telescope to McMurdo Station in Antarctica for a December balloon launch. The 26,400 nautical mile journey from Texas involved multiple stops ...

Since 1965, eight C-130s and 43 C-130 Marine aircrew members have been lost. (Lance Cpl. Sarah Blendowski/Marine Corps) F/A-18 Hornets and F-35B Joint Strike Fighters may grab headlines and feature ...

A long-running effort by the UK Ministry of Defence to sell a fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130Js formerly operated by the Royal ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: “The C-130 originally came out of Skunk Works, and to this day, Skunk Works supports that program in terms of coming up with new innovative capabilities to put out on ...

A maintenance procedure used by Air Force mechanics to document inspections likely damaged hundreds of C-130 propeller blades over a decade, according to service officials. Maintenance technicians ...

Wright is proposing a sequential approach to electrifying large cargo aircraft such as the C-130. Credit: Wright Electric U.S. propulsion startup Wright Electric is proposing modifying a Lockheed ...

The F-16 has completed the test phase for the integration of the AN/ALQ-167 Angry Kitten electronic warfare pod, as the USAF considers the platform for other aircraft types like the C-130, KC-135, and ...

10,000 flight hours in the C-130: the most hours ever recorded by a pilot in the Hercules. On Sept. 24, 2024, Gary Hogg, a seasoned test pilot logged his 10,000th flight hours in the C-130 Hercules ...

The Air Force grounded more than 100 of its workhorse turboprop C-130 Hercules aircraft after officials at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., discovered cracks in the propeller barrel assembly of one of the ...

You can't fly to low-Earth orbit on a government-surplus Space Shuttle Atlantis. But what you can do, if you're wealthy and fortunate enough and wealthy enough, you might be able to buy some genuine ...