Mexico has become the first Latin American nation to order the C-130J Super Hercules, along with a second undisclosed customer.

SINGAPORE—“The Hercules refuses to die,” a senior Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) commander once remarked. Since the ...

Mexico becomes the 25th country to operate the C-130J.

Submitted photo / David L. Key A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft takes off for its maiden flight Feb. 26 from the runway adjacent to Lockheed Martin’s C-130J production plant in Marietta, Georgia. The ...

Lockheed Martin will supply the Egyptian air force with two C-130J tactical transports, with the US airframer to deliver the assets in the type’s stretched-fuselage -30-model standard. Cairo announced ...

A hard landing at Ramstein Air Base in 2020 damaged a C-130J’s structural integrity, which led to it becoming the first of the type to receive a wing replacement in the field. A C-130J Super Hercules ...

MARIETTA, Ga., Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) recently announced the acquisition of their first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter, ...

Jul. 12—Recent developments at the state and federal levels are strengthening the outlook for potentially acquiring the coveted C-130J Super Hercules for the 139th Airlift Wing based at Rosecrans ...

Lockheed Martin delivered the 2,700th C-130 Hercules airlifter, built at the company’s Marietta plant. This plane is, more specifically, a KC-130J Super Hercules tanker operated by the U.S. Marine ...

External fuel tanks, or drop tanks as they are sometimes called, are common in military aviation. Dating back to 1923, when the pilots of the Spanish Civil War used them to extend the range of their ...

The National Defense Authorization Act represents a step forward in the quest to upgrade the fleet at the 139th Airlift Wing. The final version of the bill, which cleared the House and Senate just ...