The RAF is "determined" to learn the lessons following the loss of one of its C130K transport aircraft that exploded in mid-air after enemy action caused an explosion in its starboard outer wing ...

UK-wide farewell tour Yesterday (June 14th) saw the RAF conduct a special farewell tour to mark the conclusion of Hercules operations at the end of this month.

I caught the RAF C-130 Hercules making an epic low-level flyby through the narrow valleys of the Mach Loop in Wales. In this video, you’ll see the massive transport aircraft weaving through the ...

The plan to phase out the RAF C-130 Hercules fleet in a couple of years has been made official. The news, first disclosed by a Financial Times article titled “RAF Hercules fleet to be axed under ...

Published by the UK Ministry of Defence on 8 December, the BOI’s report reveals that 47 Sqn-operated XV179 came under co-ordinated attack from multiple weapon sites while flying at low level ...

The ministry last week released the formal Board of Inquiry report into the loss of Hercules XV179 and the 10 people on board. The aircraft was being flown from Baghdad International Airport to ...

Following earlier rumors, Turkey has reportedly purchased twelve C-130J Hercules transport aircraft which have been in storage since their retirement from ...

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has retired the last of its Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, marking the end of 56 years of operational service with a ...

The Massive Atlas and Hercules from RAF's Brize Norton station practiced landing on the beach at night, during a challenging training ...

A massive Hercules warplane from New Zealand landed in the UK at RAF Brize Norton yesterday (Monday, April 18). The iconic military aircraft has been drafted in to support international efforts to ...

LONDON – Britain will receive the first of three life-extended C-130K Hercules transport aircraft in the third quarter of 2009, with the aircraft to enter service at the beginning of 2010.

The Hercules C130K aircraft, 47 Squadron Special Forces flight XV179, crashed after being hit by anti-aircraft fire while flying at about 150ft between Baghdad and Balad on 30 January 30, 2005.