Hercules – The Tactical Air Network

The US Military Planned on Using This Crazy Modified C-130 to Rescue Hostages in Iran

June 28, 2016 // 2 Comments

The early hours of November 4th, 1979 found US Marines guarding the American embassy in Tehran on edge. Armed with M-16A1 rifles and M1911 pistols, they anticipated action [read more...]

The US Army’s Night Stalkers Once Helped Steal an Attack Helicopter From the African Desert

May 12, 2015 // 19 Comments

Back in the 1980s, when it still existed, the Soviet Union maintained a number of “friendly” relationships with a variety of African and Asian nations, mostly for [read more...]

The Brazilian KC-390 Generates More Interest in Europe

May 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

To fulfill their logistics and transportation needs, the Swedish Air Force currently operates a small fleet of C-130H Hercules medium-lift aircraft, which they first received [read more...]

“Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.”

February 16, 2015 // 3 Comments

Earlier this week, we shared a picture from Lockheed Martin’s publicity page on our Facebook page. Each and every one of those jets pictured in the digital rendering [read more...]

The 2,000th C-130 Hercules

May 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

On this day in 1992, the 2,000th C-130 rolled off of the production lines. The C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop transport aircraft built by Lockheed Martin. Its 40 [read more...]

Spare 617

February 8, 2014 // 2 Comments

Parked near the massive hangars of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio is a gray Lockheed C-130E Hercules, serial number 62-1787. A cursory [read more...]

C-130 “Franken-Herc” is disassembled at the 934th Airlift Wing

August 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

Watch as a C-130 is taken apart systematically in this 30 second video from [read more...]