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America Just Deployed C-130 Planes to … Antarctica?
The enormous C-17 Globemaster, the mainstay of the Air Force’s transport fleet, often has trouble operating in cold ...
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USAF Testing Angry Kitten EW Pod on C-130 as F-16 Integration Progresses
This includes many variants of the C-130 Hercules, as well as the KC-135 and KC-46 refueling aircraft. An Angry Kitten pod is mounted to the SABIR module on a C-130 Hercules. (Image credit ...
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Throwback: When The US Navy Landed A Lockheed C-130 Hercules On An Aircraft Carrier
The crew achieved 29 touch-and-go landings, 21 unarrested full-stop landings, and 21 unassisted takeoffs, all ... C-130 several times since 1954. The aircraft has been produced in more than 70 ...
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With Deliveries Complete, AFSOC Looks At AC/MC-130 Upgrades
Credit: U.S. Air Force photo FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida—While the U.S. Air Force has completed deliveries of modified C-130 variants for special operations, the work is not done as the service ...