C-130E transports (military aircraft)

Divers are set to hunt for the wreck of a US transporter plane that ditched in the English Channel after being stolen by a military mechanic. Sgt Paul Meyer took the Hercules C-130E transporter from Mildenhall, Suffolk, in a bid to fly home to his wife Jane in Virginia in May 1969. It disappeared from radar in ...

In 1969, a CIA-operated C-130E made a clandestine drop of sensor pallets near China's Lop Nur Nuclear Weapons Test Base to get information on Chinese nuclear capabilities. C-130B-II electronic reconnaissance aircraft operated in Europe and Japan and later C-130E models took on standoff jamming ...

The training involved 2 C-130H airframes of the 96th Airlift Squadron 934th Airlift wing, hailing from Minneapolis, two C-130J airframes of the 37th Airlift Squadron of the 86th Airlift Wing hailing from Ramstein and two C-130E aircraft stationed locally, at the 33rd Airlift Base of the Polish Air Force.

These improvements have boosted its performance over C-130E/H predecessors. In particular, the improved J-model comes with 40% greater range, 21% higher speed and 41% reduced take-off distance. Our View. Lockheed Martin is the largest U.S. defense contractor with a platform-centric focus that ...

One of these two lost aircraft was replaced in 2009 by a former US Air Force C-130E that had been upgraded to C-130H standard. Want to read more? For analysis on this article and access to all our insight content, please enquire about our subscription options: ihs.com/contact. To read the full article, ...

Canada's longest-serving C-130E Hercules officially retired on Tuesday, as it made its final flight from Trenton to Ottawa. The massive military transport plane performed one last flyby before landing at Ottawa's Rockcliffe Airport. The aircraft, which has been in service for more than 50 years, then taxied to ...

United States embassy officials in Addis Ababa have confirmed that the Ethiopian government has received a single Lockheed C-130E Hercules transport aircraft from the United States for tactical airlift of troops and equipment to support Ethiopian participation in AU and UN peacekeeping operations.