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How Did The US Navy Land A C-130 Hercules On An Aircraft Carrier?
The Lockheed C-130, a cargo transport designed for the US Air Force in the mid-1950s, got a brief share of aircraft carrier action in 1963, taking off 21 times from the USS Forrestal. At the ...
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The militants fired an RPG at a C-130. They didn’t expect the MQ-9 Reaper to respond
A group of militants recently took a shot at an Air Force C-130 Hercules — and got their asses handed to them in the process By Jared Keller Posted on Apr 9, 2020 A group of militants recently ...
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C-130 Hercules
Basic and specialized versions of the aircraft ... C-130 models. Compared to older C-130s, the J model climbs faster and higher, flies farther at a higher cruise speed, and takes off and lands ...