he KC-130 Hercules can resupply austere battle zones ... cycle times of multiple-receiver aircraft formations (a typical tanker formation of four aircraft in less than 30 minutes).

The KC-135 is being partially replaced by the KC-46A and may be replaced by next-gen aircraft like JetZero BWB and Stunk Work ...

One of the two planes involved in the incident was a KC-130 refuelling tanker (like the one seen in this archive picture) A big search and rescue operation is continuing in Japan for five missing ...

Five Marines aboard a KC-130J Hercules and one Marine on an F/A-18 Hornet were killed when both planes went down about 200 miles off the Japanese coast By Jeff Schogol Posted on Jun 26 ...

One of the two planes involved in the incident was a KC-130 refuelling tanker (like the one seen in this archive picture) Five missing Marines have been declared dead by the US military ...