The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has initiated their newly commissioned C-130J-30 Super Hercules with a flight to one of the most extreme operating environments on earth. The shiny new bird ...

Read about the Air Force's plan to raise the C-130J Combined Aircraft Delivery, Development, Integration and Engineering contract's ceiling to $25 billion.

If the pair of aircraft from the Youngstown Reserve Air Station flying overhead recently seemed larger than usual, it’s not your imagination.

"Old school is the way to go with this mission," Urbanski told INSIDER. Two of the C-130J-30's four engines. The aircrafts are made by Lockheed Martin, with Rolls Royce AE 2100D3 engines.

The C-130J-30 is a stretch version, adding 15 feet to the fuselage, increasing usable space in the cargo compartment. C-130J/J-30 major system improvements include advanced two-pilot flight ...

The 910th Airlift Wing's newest C-130J-30 Super Hercules taxis ahead of its maiden flight at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Jan. 14, 2025. The second Super Hercules aircraft arrived on ...

Aircraft number 5994 arrived at Kirtland AFB on 14 January after rolling off Lockheed Martin's production line in Marietta, ...

The Lockheed Martin C-130J won’t be taking to the air over the Big Sky state anytime soon it seems. While the Montana Air National Guard (MANG) had been among eight ...

The 58th Special Operations Wing is now home to both the first and the final MC-130Js. On Jan. 14, 2025, the United States Air Force Special Operations ...

It takes, for instance, seven C-130J Super Hercules and C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft. And this weekend those large cargo planes came together on a runway in Guam for an “elephant walk.” ...

The AC-130J Ghostrider gunship is the newest version of the historic AC-130 aircraft, which dates back to the Vietnam War. Unlike C-130s, which are meant to carry cargo and troops, the AC-130 ...