C-130s - A Half-Century of Service, and Still Going Strong

Credit: John Fricker
New standards of military aircraft longevity and global transport are being achieved by Lockheed Martin's ubiquitous C-130, which entered USAF service just over 50 years ago, in December 1956. In addition to the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, C-130s have been or are being flown...

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