Refitting C-130Hs with NP2000 propellers offers performance and maintenance benefits, but the USAF is fully focused on buying ...

WASHINGTON — With no end in sight for the grounding of virtually the entire fleet of older C-130H Hercules, the Air Force is turning to other aircraft and trying to find other workarounds to keep its ...

Air Force officials are hashing out which missions to award bases around the country that retire their 1960s-era C-130H Hercules planes — potentially requiring a completely different skill set than a ...

The Portuguese Air Force has taken delivery of the first of four upgraded Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport aircraft, despite their imminent replacement by Embraer’s C-390 airlifter. The upgrade ...

Cracks have been discovered in older propeller barrel assemblies of some Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft. This led to a grounding of some C-130H aircraft for inspections, potentially affecting up ...

The Air Force has returned two C-130H cargo planes to flight status after part of the Hercules fleet was grounded last month amid concerns about cracks in their propeller barrel assemblies, a service ...

Air Mobility Command says it is looking for ways to speed up the process to get the rest of the C-130H fleet flying again. (Senior Master Sgt. Gary Rihn/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force ...

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 ...

Niger's new C-130H (right) next to the one that was returned after refurbishment in January. (US Air Force ) The Nigerien Air Force received a second US-supported C-130H transport aircraft during a ...

L3Harris Technologies Inc. LHX recently secured a contract to offer program depot maintenance (PDM) for C-130H aircraft. The award has been provided by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, ...