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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...