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 ...
Oh, and the C-130 is often used for aerial firefighting missions. Talk about an impressive list of missions. U.S. Special Operations Forces relies on another variant of this bird known as the MC-130 .
Inside the cavernous Lockheed Martin aircraft manufacturing plant at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, employees Thursday celebrated nearly 70 years of flight for the C-130 tactical airlifter — built in ...