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Retiring the Harrier was an economic decision. Britain faced a £38 billion defense budget shortfall and couldn't cancel its ...
Members, aerospace professionals and aviation enthusiasts are invited to the North Wiltshire Branch's lecture, titled "History of the RAF's Hercules Fleet".
In spectacular fashion over the weekend, the United States Air Force put its B-2 Spirit stealth bombers on full display for ...
Authors Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet. PARIS, June 18, 2025, Lockheed Martin continues to revolutionise the future of tactical ...
I caught the RAF C-130 Hercules making an epic low-level flyby through the narrow valleys of the Mach Loop in Wales. In this video, you’ll see the massive transport aircraft weaving through the ...
T he Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been "the" tactical transport aircraft of the United States Air Force and many of its allies and partners for decades. Today, it is found in servi ...
An elite RAF trooper left so deafened by “incredibly noisy” aircraft and gunfire that his friends and family accuse him of ignoring them is suing for up to £100,000. Alastair Bidwell, 55 ...
Following earlier rumors, Turkey has reportedly purchased twelve C-130J Hercules transport aircraft which have been in storage since their retirement from Royal Air Force service.The C-130J ...
The C-390 offers some advantages over the C-130: roomier cargo capacity and high airspeeds. The twin-engined C-390 aircraft measures just over 115 feet in length and 38 feet tall, with a wing span ...
Cirium data shows that Bangladesh also flies three H-model Hercules, with an average age of almost 63 years. “Fielding these five C-130J Super Hercules aircraft with a range of sophisticated ...
LONDON — British lawmakers say the Royal Air Force now lacks capabilities across combat, air transport and early warning aircraft. A Ministry of Defence command paper in 2021 ordered cuts to ...
Stunning pictures have been captured of three RAF Hercules touring the UK in a flypast to mark the aircraft's retirement from service. The trio of C-130s departed Brize Norton at 10:00 BST on ...