C-130 Hercules

C-130 Hercules

A community portal about C-130 Hercules with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for military forces worldwide. Over... [more]

A community portal about C-130 Hercules with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for military forces worldwide. Over 40 models and variants of the Hercules serve with more than 50 nations. By December 2006 the C-130 will become the third aircraft to mark 50 years of continuous use with its original primary customer.

US, Australia promise Hercules planes for RI

C-130H HerculesThe United States and Australian governments have promised to supply Indonesia with the types E and J giant C-130 Hercules cargo planes.

Planning Assistant to Air Force Chief of Staff Air Vice Marshal Erry Biatmoko said in Jakarta Wednesday the United States had offered to grant six type-E Hercules cargo planes which would be ready to be sent to Indonesia in 2012.

"The six, actually meant for three countries in Asia and Africa, had been improved and modified before their dispatch to Indonesia," he said.

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