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The US Air Force Just Asked Its Standard C-130J To Do The Ski-Equipped LC-130’s Job In Iceland

Standard-configuration Super Hercules are demonstrating that they can do some of the missions that previously required a special-mission LC-130H.

Standard-configuration Super Hercules are demonstrating that they can do some of the missions that previously required a special-mission LC-130H.

With the USAF’s active-duty units now transitioned to the Super Hercules, remaining ANG and Reserve units are completing the transition.

The US is building back-up Guam bases in the Marianas, Micronesia, Palau and strategic depth bases in Australia.

Over 2,700 C-130-family aircraft have been produced so far, with production expected to run into the 2030s.

A man armed with a hatchet infiltrated Shannon Airport, climbing onto a parked USAF C-130 Hercules.

A Bolivian Air Force plane, carrying an undisclosed amount of unissued banknotes, crashed into the streets of El Alto, La Paz, killing at least 20.

The C-130 family has demonstrated the ability to remain flying for 70 years, while production is not expected to wrap up until the 2030s or 2040s.

Lockheed produces more fighter jets than Airbus, but Airbus wins on the number of military helicopters shipped.

The US Air Force is more of a logistics organization than a fighting force allowing it to project power almost anywhere at short notice.