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PARIS, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] continues to revolutionize the future of tactical airlift with the C-130J Super Hercules and today announced a major breakthrough ...

The C-130J Super Hercules tail number 11-5736 takes off from the new runway at Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger, on Aug. 3, 2019. The same aircraft was damaged in a hard landing eight months ...

"The C-130J has proven that it can do everything that people said it would do. The C-130J has truly shone overseas and the J-model has brought the Guard to a whole new level, and we would like to ...

Incredibly, the Lockheed Martin-produced aircraft is still in production, with the latest Rolls-Royce-powered C-130J variant accounting for 546 of 2,700 C-130s produced as of June 2024.

Lockheed on 18 June said the test results indicate the C-130J now boasts a wing life of 122,500 equivalent flight hours – a nearly 40% increase from the previous 90,000h assessment and almost ...

The Defense Department said Wednesday Lockheed will produce 32 C-130J military transport planes in various configurations under a potential five-year, $1.1 billion contract.

NOAA Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Next-Generation C-130J Hurricane Hunter Aircraft On Sept. 27, 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a major step ...

Read about the Air Force's plan to raise the C-130J Combined Aircraft Delivery, Development, Integration and Engineering contract's ceiling to $25 billion.

Since 1968, the United States Coast Guard has mainly operated with the C-130H. That aircraft took its final flight in September of this year, and crews now exclusively use the C-130J.

"We're really thankful to have the only C-130J electric simulator in the Air National Guard right here in Rhode Island," said Col. Adam Wiggins, commander of the 143rd Airlift Wing.

Türkiye is preparing to receive Lockheed Martin C-130J/C-130J-30 Hercules airlifters into military service, sources with knowledge of the procurement have told Janes and other defence media.