Paratroopers from across Europe and the United States performed airborne jumps over Normandy to honour the assaults undertaken by Allied soldiers during the D-Day invasions 75 years ago. The ...

Cockpit view of a USAF C-130 transport plane dropping U.S. Army Paratroopers over Juliet drop zone, Aviano, Italy. Units - ...

Editor’s note: This piece was first published in The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. The C-130 bounced ...

SEWARD -- The Nebraska National Guard Museum already had more than 11,000 pieces honoring the role of citizen soldiers since 1854. But it was missing a tribute. “The museum wanted a display for ...

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been in production for 60 years, longer than any other military aircraft. As it prepares to enter its eighth decade of service, the C-130 has no retirement plans, so ...

Former Fayetteville Observer reporters instinctively knew that an aircraft crash at then-Pope Air Force Base 30 years ago meant it was their job to find out what happened. Reporters confirmed the ...

Lockheed Martin's C-130 Hercules has been defying physics since taking its first flight in 1954. The Air Force began flying the C-130 on a regular basis in 1956, and the plane, known affectionally as ...

The C-130 was built with longevity in mind. The airframe was over-engineered to be tough. The skin is thick. The frame is stress tolerant. Four robust turboprop engines deliver thrust and control ...