Lockheed's C-130 Hercules landed on an aircraft carrier in 1963, setting a record as the largest and heaviest aircraft to do so. The aircraft conducted 29 touch-and-go and 21 full-stop landings ...
Indeed, there seemed to be a plethora of ideas for how next Lockheed Martin, the developer of the C-130 and AC-130, could spin another variant off. By 1979, the Vietnam War fiasco was blessedly over.
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules was carrying 96 mostly combat troops when it overshot the runway while landing Sunday at the Jolo airport in Sulu province, military officials said. It slammed into a ...