Video: The wild story behind America’s rocket-powered C-130s
A great example of U.S. ingenuity was when the Air Force put rockets on a C-130 to rescue American hostages from Iran. Watch our video about it below!
News Tag: C-130
‘Counterculture’ approach enabled C-130’s 26-hour marathon flight
The Air Force prepares for future conflicts in which missions involving long-haul flights might be routine.
Beating China could mean bringing the C-130 back to aircraft carriers
The C-130 could play a pivotal role in deterring war with China if the U.S. dusts off a 1960s program to fly the plane off aircraft carriers.
THIS 60-YEAR-OLD PLANE IS MOVING THE MARINE CORPS’ WARFIGHTING STRATEGY INTO THE FUTURE
Late last year, Marine Corps F-35C Joint Strike Fighters launched from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, CA, on a journey of more than 2,500 miles across the Pacific to Hawaii. This journey, already a feat for tactical aircraft, was made more impressive in that it was the first time in some four decades that the […]
THE NAVY’S PLAN TO FLY THE C-130 OFF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (THAT WORKED)
The U.S. Navy once experimented with landing a full-sized Lockheed C-130 Hercules on an aircraft carrier to offer a flying option for heavy resupply missions at sea. The craziest part of the plan was that it totally worked. Why try to land a C-130 on an aircraft carrier? America’s Nimitz and Ford-class supercarriers make up the […]