Dubbed the "Iron Horse," this military plane has been produced for over 70 years, and the United States Air Force has no plans to retire it.

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been "the" tactical transport aircraft of the United States Air Force and many of its allies and partners for decades. Today, it is found in service with everything ...

The MC-130J Commando II is an upgraded version of the C-130 cargo plane. The plane assists in infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply for special ops forces. The US Air Force recently began utilizing ...

Submitted photo / David L. Key A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft takes off for its maiden flight Feb. 26 from the runway adjacent to Lockheed Martin’s C-130J production plant in Marietta, Georgia. The ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. PETERSON SFB, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting ...

The C-130-J is the newest addition to the C-130 fleet for paratroop airdrop operations. The world's most advanced airlifter made a pit stop during a test flight at Pope Air Force Base. Weighing in at ...

After Lockheed Martin recently delivered its 500 th C-130J tactical transport, we look at the global fleet mix for its Super Hercules product. Powered by four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprop engines ...

A military airlift unit in Alabama is taking on one of the biggest challenges in its nearly 60-year history: ditching its beloved cargo planes for helicopters. After 40 years of taking the C-130 ...

The Air Force has returned two C-130H cargo planes to flight status after part of the Hercules fleet was grounded last month amid concerns about cracks in their propeller barrel assemblies, a service ...

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is preparing to replace a multi-mode radar onboard Lockheed Martin C-130 gunships and transports with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) with ...