The US Air Force (USAF) has temporarily grounded over 100 of its Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules cargo transport aircraft. The move came on 3 October, following the discovery of cracks on multiple ...

The Air Force grounded more than 100 of its workhorse turboprop C-130 Hercules aircraft after officials at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., discovered cracks in the propeller barrel assembly of one of the ...

Cracks have been discovered in older propeller barrel assemblies of some Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft. This led to a grounding of some C-130H aircraft for inspections, potentially affecting up ...

A former Air Force civilian engineer who led maintenance at Robins Air Force Base removed a crucial inspection procedure that could have identified a worn propeller blade before it caused a KC-130 ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center recently contracted Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business to continue producing ...

The Minnesota Air National Guard showed off upgrades to its fleet of C-130H aircraft on Wednesday. The transport plane arrived at MSP airport after receiving propeller upgrades in Waco, Texas. The ...

More than 100 of the Air Force's C-130 Hercules have stopped flying after the service discovered a crack in a part that holds the propeller and ordered the aircraft to be grounded last week, officials ...

A longtime practice by Air Force mechanics is likely the reason propeller blades on C-130 Hercules have cracked, leading to more than 100 of the aircraft being grounded in late September. Mechanics ...

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — The Air National Guard says a propeller malfunctioned on one of its plane, forcing the pilot to turn around and land at an airport in Delaware.Lt. Col.Len Gratteri says the ...

The Pentagon and NATO have awarded Collins Aerospace contracts for Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules medium transport/multi-role propeller and propeller system upgrades. The NATO Support and Procurement ...