Few people believed it could be done. In the early 1960s, the U.S. Navy faced a growing logistics problem as aircraft carriers were deployed farther from supply bases than ever before. Existing ...

A hard landing at Ramstein Air Base in 2020 damaged a C-130J's structural integrity, which led to it becoming the first of the type to receive a wing replacement in the field. A C-130J Super Hercules ...

Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring hostage rescue in Iran. Faced with an ever ...

The C-130J remains versatile and capable even in the 21st century. The aircraft is also robust enough that a hard landing will not knock it down for the count. A United States Air Force Lockheed ...

A South Korean military transport plane bound for Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing at a Japanese airport on Okinawa after the crew detected engine trouble, according to South Korea’s air force.