News

Military Aviation History on MSN3h
C-130 Hercules in Australian Service
Since late 1954, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been an iconic workhorse for many air forces around the world and probably ...
At the time Lockheed’s only four-engine design was the Constellation. For the C-130 ... on the flight deck.” Vietnam was a decade-long defining moment for the Hercules. The transport ...
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a true workhorse—a simple, no-frills aircraft that has simply been getting the job done for 70 years. With its four turboprop engines—decades after the onset of ...
Last July, Reuters reported that Vietnam and the U.S. were “discussing the sale of Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules military transport planes to Hanoi.” The report comes at an important time in ...
Boeing’s YC-14 stands as a bold experiment that, even in cancellation, advanced the science of flight. Boeing’s YC-14 emerged from a United States Air Force (USAF) initiative launched in the mid-1970s ...
The incident involved a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport plane, recently donated to the Ecuadorian Air Force by the United States. According to official statements, the four-engine aircraft began ...
“Egypt is a distinguished C-130 operator, flying its Hercules fleet to support some of the most challenging mission requirements,” Rod McLean, vice president and general manager of Lockheed ...