With a massive cargo capacity and ability to operate at very low altitude, this C-130 variant is used for infiltration and ...

The MC-130 Commando II conducts covert missions including infiltration, resupply, and aerial refueling, operating at low ...

Commandos and pilots with the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) successfully landed a range of aircraft on a rural highway in Wyoming during recent training exercises. The drills on 2 ...

Since the mid-1960s, the Air Force has used the MC-130 to support special-operations missions all over the world. The Air Force is now rolling out the MC-130J model, and it will remain important as ...

The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is exploring turning its Lockheed Martin MC-130J into an amphibious aircraft by adding two large floats below its hull. SOCOM revealed its interest in the ...

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Kirtland Air Force Base has been here for decades but we don’t always get to see what they do there so here’s a look behind the gate. In the video above, you can see a ...

We love flying boats around here, and we've showcased a fair amount of them here before. Be it civilian private puddle jumpers like the Republic Seabee, a huge Forrest fire killer in the Martin JRM ...

A U.S. Air Force rendering of an amphibious MC-130J. Credit: U.S. Air Force FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida—U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has pushed back the planned demonstration of an ...

The prospect of a war in the Pacific has the US military thinking about how to spread out and conduct amphibious operations. Those challenges have renewed the US military's interest in an old concept: ...

A cruise missile flight test vehicle (FTV) struck a target vessel in the Gulf of Mexico on Dec. 16 after being launched from a pallet out the back of a Lockheed Martin MC-130J, the U.S. Air Force said ...

The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is considering the design and development of an amphibious MC-130 aircraft to support operational requirements in the age of ‘Great Power Competition’ (GPC) ...