As part of its 60th anniversary celebration, the Abilene Zoo is set to unveil a unique and historic attraction—a C-130 Hercules aircraft that will become the centerpiece of a transformative new ...

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Officials at the Abilene Zoo have received the fuselage of a retired C-130 Hercules cargo plane, which will soon become the ...

10,000 flight hours in the C-130: the most hours ever recorded by a pilot in the Hercules. On Sept. 24, 2024, Gary Hogg, a seasoned test pilot logged his 10,000th flight hours in the C-130 Hercules ...

The C-130 Hercules is like the Swiss Army knife of aviation. Built by Lockheed Martin, this reliable and versatile aircraft holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest continuously produced ...

California's latest weapon in the never-ending war against wildfires, a former military plane repurposed to drop fire retardant, has deployed on its first mission in Riverside County. CAL FIRE's first ...

RAMONA, Calif. — California is now better equipped to fight wildfires as Cal Fire just added a new air tanker to its fleet. The C-130 Hercules is one of seven the state is retrofitting and deploying ...

A NASA C-130 Hercules successfully delivered the Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, marking its first flight to the continent. The ...

A military airlift unit in Alabama is taking on one of the biggest challenges in its nearly 60-year history: ditching its beloved cargo planes for helicopters. After 40 years of taking the C-130 ...

Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has booked a potential $140 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air ...

The Austrian Ministry of Defence announced it would select the C-390 Millennium aircraft as its new tactical transport. On Sept. 20, 2023, the Austrian Ministry of Defence announced that it selected ...