one of the most important planes in the U.S. Air Force's entire inventory isn't a fighter. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is one ...

The largest aircraft ever to land on an aircraft carrier was the Lockheed C-130, a cargo transport plane never designed for ...

The C-130 features a loading ramp and door in the tail that can accomodate palletized loads, vehicles and troops. The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved ...

The C-130 cargo plane was first designed in 1951. More than seven decades later, one of the plane's latest models, the MC-130J, is being fitted with a new weapons system that is changing how the ...