SINGAPORE—“The Hercules refuses to die,” a senior Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) commander once remarked. Since the ...

Taiwan has shelved a plan to upgrade its legacy Lockheed Martin C-130H fleet in favour of acquiring new C-130J Super Hercules ...

US defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin has started 2026 by adding two names to the list of countries operating the C-130J tactical transport. The military airframer confirmed on 21 January that ...

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 ...

Lockheed Martin will supply the Egyptian air force with two C-130J tactical transports, with the US airframer to deliver the assets in the type’s stretched-fuselage -30-model standard. Cairo announced ...

Lockheed Martin delivered the 2,700th C-130 Hercules airlifter, built at the company’s Marietta plant. This plane is, more specifically, a KC-130J Super Hercules tanker operated by the U.S. Marine ...

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 ...

External fuel tanks, or drop tanks as they are sometimes called, are common in military aviation. Dating back to 1923, when the pilots of the Spanish Civil War used them to extend the range of their ...

Jul. 12—Recent developments at the state and federal levels are strengthening the outlook for potentially acquiring the coveted C-130J Super Hercules for the 139th Airlift Wing based at Rosecrans ...

The manufacturer of high‐grade carbon‐fibre components announced that it has delivered the first shipset of C‐130J wing flaps to global security and aerospace company, Lockheed Martin and secures U.S.