No matter the variant, the AC-130 is jam-packed with the sort of weaponry one would expect to find on a “gunship.” The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is somewhat pedestrian as far as military aircraft goes—a ...

Analysts say this week’s visit to Washington by Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang shows advances in cooperation between the two countries, despite rising Vietnamese nationalism that may ...

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According to Greek Mythology, Hercules was a demigod with incredible strength and stamina, capable of amazing feats and renowned throughout ancient Greece and Rome. While we'd never suggest that the C ...

The F-16 has completed the test phase for the integration of the AN/ALQ-167 Angry Kitten electronic warfare pod, as the USAF considers the platform for other aircraft types like the C-130, KC-135, and ...

Six of the fatalities were military, and constituted the C-130’s crew, while the five passengers – the only ones onboard the plane – were civilian contractors, in country as part of NATO’s Resolute ...

With a pared-down fiscal 2013 budget request on Capitol Hill and delays in the massive Joint Strike Fighter program, the U.S. Air Force is having to abandon a decade's worth of modernization plans for ...

Just minutes ago, editors at the Popular Mechanics office in Midtown Manhattan noticed that a USAF C-130 and multiple Black Hawk helicopters were circling the area. Shortly after, Twitter erupted with ...