5 Versatile Uses Of The C-130 Hercules For The US Air Force

In the past week, this writer has made a note of the fact that two famous U.S. Air Force (USAF) warplanes, the General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon AKA “Viper,” and the Republic Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II AKA “Warthog,” are both 50+ years old, i.e., quinquagenarians. Well, those two warbirds, venerable as they are, are still mere spring chickens (bad avian pun intended) compared to the warplane we’re going to discuss now, which will become a septuagenarian two months from the day these words are being typed.