Lockheed C-130 Hercules
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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 wa
A United States Air Force C-130E
A C-130H Hercules flight deck. Aircraft displayed at the Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection
A C-130 Hercules of the Hellenic Air Force, with a livery depicting the Mythological hero Hercules in the style of Ancient Greek vase painting.
A Michigan Air National Guard C-130E dispatches its flares during a low-level training mission
Aerial refueling
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Aerial refuelling, also referred to as air refuelling, in-flight refuelling, air-to-air refuelling, and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft to another while both ai
A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon using a flying boom
Chinese Chengdu J-20, Shenyang J-16, and Xian YY-20 in an aerial refueling formation
Capt. Lowell Smith and Lt. John P. Richter receiving the first mid-air refueling on 27 June 1923
The US Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II being refueled by grappled-line looped-hose during the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by air (1949)