Watch as a brave private pilot takes on a short field takeoff and a scary, icy runway landing! ... Skilled Blue Angels Pilot Flies C-130 Super Low Over Silent Drill Platoon.

"It was a successful landing, and [the short takeoff landing strip] is ready to support C-130's." Air Force Master Sgt. David Hough, airfield manager, 435th Contingency Response Group, Ramstein ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- If you drove by Bowman Field on Thursday afternoon, you may have witnessed a rare moment. A C-130 Hercules military transport plane did a practice landing and take-off ...

Soft and Short Field Operations: ... at least those outside the C-130 and C-17 communities, ... (ACS) still include soft-field takeoff and climb, ...

The commander of Hurlburt Field-headquartered Air Force Special Operations Command says a flying test of an amphibious C-130 could come next year.

The U.S. Marine Corps C-130 Hercules, "Fat Albert," assigned to the U.S. Navy “Blue Angels” flight demonstration team, uses Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) bottles during the 2005 Blue Angel ...

- It is able to take off and land on short, unsurfaced runways. - A U.S. Air Force C-130 tanker crashed in 2012 while battling a South Dakota wildfire, killing four of its six crew.