Cracks have been discovered in older propeller barrel assemblies of some Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft. This led to a grounding of some C-130H aircraft for inspections, potentially affecting up ...

More than 100 of the Air Force's C-130 Hercules have stopped flying after the service discovered a crack in a part that holds the propeller and ordered the aircraft to be grounded last week, officials ...

The Air Force has returned two C-130H cargo planes to flight status after part of the Hercules fleet was grounded last month amid concerns about cracks in their propeller barrel assemblies, a service ...

The Portuguese Air Force has taken delivery of the first of four upgraded Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport aircraft, despite their imminent replacement by Embraer’s C-390 airlifter. The upgrade ...

Submitted photo / David L. Key A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft takes off for its maiden flight Feb. 26 from the runway adjacent to Lockheed Martin’s C-130J production plant in Marietta, Georgia. The ...

The flying mission at the 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard has come to an end. The final C-130H Hercules on July 7 left the 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard base at ...

The Taiwan Air Force plans to upgrade the avionics on its Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules aircraft. The air force told the local Central News Agency that the program will span between 2025-2030 and ...

Air Force officials are hashing out which missions to award bases around the country that retire their 1960s-era C-130H Hercules planes — potentially requiring a completely different skill set than a ...

SACRAMENTO -- A massive C-130 Hercules aircraft was recently added to CAL FIRE's firefighting fleet and it's already being used. California is the first state in the country to own, operate, and ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — The U.S. Department of the Air Force has selected theMontana Air National Guard’s 120th Airlift Wing in Great Falls as the first base to receive the Super Hercules cargo aircraft.

The Portuguese Air Force (FAP) is scheduled to receive its first two modernised Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules tactical airlifters by the end of 2021, a FAP representative told Janes on 29 June. One ...