The service has been a longstanding Hercules operator and one of the first to take delivery of C-130Js, having started operating the type in 1958 with C-130As before adopting the “E” and “H ...

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the HALO Jump and Static line technic used by US paratrooper when jumping out of C-130 and C-17. Footage Credit: US Air Force ...

The C-130 will be a key part of the Air Force’s call for a reorientation toward great power competition, with a particular emphasis on Agile Combat Employment and the Pacific.

The eight C-130 Hercules aircraft in the MAFFS program can drop up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant in less than 10 seconds across a quarter-mile line, helping to slow and stop a fire's spread.

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.