Propellers on planes are old hat, with all the latest and sleekest aircraft sporting turbine engines instead. So why does the ...

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-390 offers some advantages over the C-130: roomier cargo capacity and high airspeeds. The twin-engined C-390 aircraft measures just over 115 feet in length and 38 feet tall, with a wing span ...

The C-130 military transport plane is a behemoth in the skies, ... It had a cargo compartment volume of 3,708 cubic feet and could carry 35,000 pounds of cargo.

T he 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 servi ...

On a windy October day in 1963, 500 miles offshore from Boston, Lt. James H. Flatley III aimed his C-130 Hercules, America’s massive cargo-carrying workhorse plane, toward the USS Forrestal, one ...

The MC-130J Commando II is an upgraded version of the C-130 cargo plane. The plane assists in infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply for special ops forces. The US Air Force recently began utilizing ...

The U.S. Air Force’s Air National Guard has built a new and upgraded T56 3.5 turbo engine for its C-130 cargo plane to increase fuel efficiency, increase propulsion and thrust in cold weather ...

An Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane crashed onto a busy highway moments after taking off from an airport in Georgia on Wednesday, narrowly missing people on the ground but killing at least ...

The MC-130J Commando II is an upgraded version of the C-130 cargo plane. The plane assists in infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply for special ops forces. The US Air Force recently began utilizing ...

Interest in Brazil's C-390 cargo plane is growing, competing with the US' C-130 Hercules in demand. While Embraer's C-390 hasn't overtaken Lockheed's C-130, its worldwide presence is on the rise. The ...