The C-130 has enjoyed a remarkable 70-year production run—and the aircraft’s performance is still outstanding.

The company moved C-130 production from Burbank ... or to Georgia’s then governor is not recorded, but Lockheed management opted for Hercules, the strongman of Greek mythology, with 160 votes ...

The workhorse of the Air Force combat airlift fleet, the C-130 Hercules has been in service for more than half a century. Designed specifically to transport troops and equipment in the combat zone ...

The C-130 first flew in August 1954 and has been in continuous production ... such is the Hercules’ continuing popularity with customers around the world that Lockheed Martin says it has ...