At Mesa Gateway Airport, a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft sits ready for action, loaded with up to 4,000 gallons of water ...

A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) equipped C-130 aircraft drops fire retardant on wildfires in Healdsburg, California.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Department of Defense deployed ...

How a USAF airlifter came to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The C-130 has enjoyed a remarkable 70-year production run—and the aircraft’s performance is still outstanding. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a true workhorse—a simple, no-frills aircraft that has ...

SACRAMENTO -- A massive C-130 Hercules aircraft was recently added to CAL FIRE's firefighting fleet and it's already being used. California is the first state in the country to own, operate, and ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia said Monday it will buy 20 new C-130 Hercules from the United States in a 9.8 billion Australian dollar ($6.6 billion) deal that will increase by two-thirds the size of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interest in Brazil's C-390 cargo plane is growing, competing with the US' C-130 Hercules in demand. While Embraer's C-390 hasn't ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - If you were driving on Highway 6 Wednesday, you might have seen an unexpected sight on the road. The body of a C-130 Hercules aircraft was transported from Wichita Falls and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly ...