Since 1965, eight C-130s and 43 C-130 Marine aircrew members have been lost. (Lance Cpl. Sarah Blendowski/Marine Corps) F/A-18 Hornets and F-35B Joint Strike Fighters may grab headlines and feature ...
The U.S. Air Force is easily, by far, the most powerful air force on the planet. The USAF showcased its strength most ...
The company’s top-secret research and development presence in Georgia has been growing, and it has its eye on new aircraft to try to design and build.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Air National Guard will not celebrate the 50th anniversary of the C-130 aircraft being in Charleston as originally scheduled Saturday. It’s a casualty of the ...
A maintenance procedure used by Air Force mechanics to document inspections likely damaged hundreds of C-130 propeller blades over a decade, according to service officials. Maintenance technicians ...
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been in production for 60 years, longer than any other military aircraft. As it prepares to enter its eighth decade of service, the C-130 has no retirement plans, so ...
NASA's C-130 Hercules successfully transported the GUSTO telescope to McMurdo Station in Antarctica for a December balloon launch. The 26,400 nautical mile journey from Texas involved multiple stops ...
Wright is proposing a sequential approach to electrifying large cargo aircraft such as the C-130. Credit: Wright Electric U.S. propulsion startup Wright Electric is proposing modifying a Lockheed ...
The Air Force grounded more than 100 of its workhorse turboprop C-130 Hercules aircraft after officials at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., discovered cracks in the propeller barrel assembly of one of the ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: “The C-130 originally came out of Skunk Works, and to this day, Skunk Works supports that program in terms of coming up with new innovative capabilities to put out on ...
Capt. Thessa Washington, initially unsure about a piloting career, became the first female Black C-130H pilot in the 165th Airlift Wing, overcoming self-doubt and challenges in undergraduate pilot ...
You can't fly to low-Earth orbit on a government-surplus Space Shuttle Atlantis. But what you can do, if you're wealthy and fortunate enough and wealthy enough, you might be able to buy some genuine ...