AIR FORCE RETIRING FIRST C-130 AFTER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE
The first production-standard Lockheed C-130 Hercules was scheduled to retire from active U.S. Air Force service Sept. 10, more than 40 years after its April 7, 1955 first flight. Over its four-decade career the plane, named The First Lady, carried cargo, tracked rockets and snatched satellites...
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