The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command is testing a $7 million digital upgrade to its C-130H aircraft, replacing analog navigation and avionics systems with modern multifunctional displays and a new ...

L3Harris Technologies Inc. LHX recently secured a contract to offer program depot maintenance (PDM) for C-130H aircraft. The award has been provided by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, ...

WASHINGTON — With no end in sight for the grounding of virtually the entire fleet of older C-130H Hercules, the Air Force is turning to other aircraft and trying to find other workarounds to keep its ...

A C-130H at Hill AFB, Utah, in March 2023. Credit: U.S. Air Force JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii—The U.S. Air Force will complete repairs on all of the aircraft in its C-130H fleet by the end ...

KABUL — After nearly a year of relying on helicopters for the bulk of its air cargo transportation, the Afghan Air Force will receive its first C-130H Hercules transports early next month. The U.S.

Air Mobility Command says it is looking for ways to speed up the process to get the rest of the C-130H fleet flying again. (Senior Master Sgt. Gary Rihn/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force ...

Cracks have been discovered in older propeller barrel assemblies of some Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft. This led to a grounding of some C-130H aircraft for inspections, potentially affecting up ...

California's latest weapon in the never-ending war against wildfires, a former military plane repurposed to drop fire retardant, has deployed on its first mission in Riverside County. CAL FIRE's first ...

The grounding of most of the C-130 Hercules cargo plane fleet by the United States Air Force is causing training readjustments at the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing at Little Rock ...

Niger's new C-130H (right) next to the one that was returned after refurbishment in January. (US Air Force ) The Nigerien Air Force received a second US-supported C-130H transport aircraft during a ...

SACRAMENTO -- A massive C-130 Hercules aircraft was recently added to CAL FIRE's firefighting fleet and it's already being used. California is the first state in the country to own, operate, and ...