The workhorse of the Air Force combat airlift fleet, the C-130 Hercules has been in service for more than half a century. Designed specifically to transport troops and equipment in the combat zone ...

The Commando II has become the backbone of AFSOC's airlift mission and has carved out ... the very first production MC-130J in 2011. The squadron serves as the U.S. Air Force's special operations ...

The squadrons of the USAF and Air National Guard ... As the Defense News put it, the C-130 is the definitive embodiment of tactical airlift, repeatedly proving that it can succeed in any mission ...

Some of the seven were C-130J Super Hercules belonging to the U.S. Air Force’s 36th Airlift Squadron while other aircraft were from the Royal Australian Air Force, the Japanese Air Self-Defense ...

In the past two weeks, the Coast Guard has conducted at least seven C-130 Hercules flights that spanned California, Texas and ...

Many military aircraft come with monikers that help describe their impressive abilities. The Angel Of Death, the AC-130's ...

John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron ... fire-retardant delivery systems and can be inserted into military C-130 aircraft without major structural modifications to convert ...