Tanker 122, Cal Fire’s first operational C-130H, was on full display Thursday at Cal Fire’s aviation headquarters at McClellan Airport. The aircraft is one of seven C-130 Hercules that the department ...

The $4.2 billion joint venture aimed to boost Boeing's market reach and Embraer's resources. The deal fell through in 2020 and left Boeing without a competitor to Lockheed's C-130 Hercules. Boeing ...

Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring hostage rescue in Iran. Faced with an ever ...

The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense. The MAFFS system can be installed inside C-130 ...

The Air Force is grounding nearly a third of its C-130 fleet at a time when the service is struggling to keep its planes ready for missions.

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 C-130 Hercules is like the Swiss Army knife of aviation. Built by Lockheed Martin, this reliable and versatile aircraft holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest continuously produced ...

According to Greek Mythology, Hercules was a demigod with incredible strength and stamina, capable of amazing feats and renowned throughout ancient Greece and Rome. While we'd never suggest that the C ...

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Thursday, U.S. Northern Command activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems and their personnel to support firefighting ...

Boeing once wanted to buy a stake in Embraer's C-390 Millennium military aircraft. The $4.2 billion joint venture aimed to boost Boeing's market reach and Embraer's resources. The deal fell through in ...