The C-130 is the world's most prolific cargo hauler and it's been adapted to do pretty much everything imaginable with one exception: operating on water. Yet some of the folks at Lockheed wanted to do ...

News flash, the C-130 Hercules and its variants and descendants can do just about anything. Obnoxious quips aside, there's seemingly no limit to what you can shove into the rear cargo bay of one of ...

Fighter jocks get all the glory. A couple months back, we introduced you to the 10 most popular fighter jets in the world-- and to the companies that build them, and the stocks that profit from ...

The plan to phase out the RAF C-130 Hercules fleet in a couple of years has been made official. “The Royal Air Force will retire the BAe146 as planned by 2022 and take the C130 Hercules out of service ...

Lockheed Martin’s C-130 Hercules is celebrating 70 years since its first flight. It is the longest-running military aircraft production program in history, according to Rod McLean, general manager of ...

The successes achieved in the opening hours of Operation Epic Fury were achieved through the combined and complementary efforts of many different US aircraft. Although it lost out on a prospective ...

ATLANTA -- Lockheed's C-130 Hercules made its maiden flight in 1954 and has been historically known as an endlessly reliable military cargo plane. It has had the longest, continuous military aircraft ...

A decommissioned Hercules C 130 from the Argentine Air Force and which was involved in combat, transport, surveillance, and supply operations during the Falkland Islands war has arrived at Pilar, a ...

The C-130 was built with longevity in mind. The airframe was over-engineered to be tough. The skin is thick. The frame is stress tolerant. Four robust turboprop engines deliver thrust and control ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly ...