Over 2,700 C-130-family aircraft have so far been produced, with production expected to run into the 2030s. advertisement. SimpleFlying. How Many C-130 Hercules Aircraft Were Built?

Cal Fire, California's lead state firefighting agency, on Thursday April 24, 2025 unveiled a new C-130 tanker plane, shown here in April at McClellan Airtanker Base near Sacramento, that it ...

California is the first state in the U.S. to own and operate firefighting C-130H aircraft. The new planes are the fastest and have the greatest range of any aircraft in CAL FIRE's fleet, officials ...

The C-130 Hercules is one of seven the state is retrofitting and deploying to help support firefighting efforts. They have the greatest speed and range of Cal Fire's entire airborne fleet.

C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying missions over the wildfires in Southern California that started Jan. 7, 2025 C-130 aircraft drops retardant on Hughes Fire | Sacramento Bee Fires ...

The joint Franco-German C-130 air transport squadron has received its final aircraft, with all 10 Lockheed Martin KC/C-130J tanker and transport aircraft now located at Évreux-Fauville Air Base ...