The US Navy wanted to test the limits of strategic ... efficiently without moving closer to shore. Thus, the bulky C-130 ...

when the US Navy successfully landed it on an aircraft carrier. The idea of a C-130 Hercules touching down on the deck of an aircraft carrier seemed far-fetched. Yet, this experiment became a ...

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

US advanced propulsion system developer Wright Electric has conducted an initial fit check of its WM2500 electric propulsion ...

Resources from Air Station Elizabeth City helped rescue two men who were on a sinking sailboat more than 100 miles off the ...

If you hear a new rumble from above or see another large plane overhead in the Valley, it could be another new C-130j-30 ...

The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert, recently returned to its role as the logistics and transport aircraft of the Blue Angels. Fat Albert ...

The United States ... Corps KC-130, and its success resulted in the full implementation of the TACAMO program with the Lockheed C-130G, a highly modified propeller-driven C-130 Hercules.

The Department of Defense deployed modified C-130 aircraft and Navy helicopters to support efforts ... make it visible to pilots when dropped. The US military has eight MAFFs units ready for ...

The C-130s can waterbomb wildfires with nearly 14 tons of fire retardant in less than five seconds. The Department of Defense deployed modified C-130 aircraft and Navy helicopters to support ...