As the image below proves, the observation window on a Royal Air Force C-130K (that reminds a WWII gunner's ball turret) may be the best seat you will ever find on board an Hercules cargo.

A British C-130K Hercules was destroyed by fire May 24 when it landed at Lashkar Gar, Afghanistan. The 26 passengers and nine crew escaped.

The British Defense Ministry is reconsidering a decision to ax its C-130K Hercules fleet in 2012, and instead may pursue a life extension for some aircraft, in part to meet special forces needs.

The UK Royal Air Force’s remaining Lockheed Martin C-130K tactical transports will be formally retired next week, with its last two examples having made their final operational flights on 25 ...

The UK Royal Air Force is to retire four of its Lockheed Martin C-130K tactical transports by April, and appears set to conduct a more modest re-winging programme to its remaining fleet than ...

On Sept. 20, 2023, the Austrian Ministry of Defence announced that it selected Embraer C-390 Millennium to replace its aging C-130K fleet. According to Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner, ...

The C-130K maintenance and modernization program, initiated in 2014, involved an upgrade of the avionics system, including a full glass cockpit with new primary flight displays, ...

L-3 Communications' SPAR subsidiary has been awarded an $18 million contract by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, Royal Air Force to perform outer wing replacements on three C-130K aircraft ...

Rockwell Collins has a new agreement with Cascade Aerospace to provide avionics upgrades for the Mexican Air Force’s two C-130K Hercules military transport aircraft. Cascade’s selection of ...

An Austrian Air Force C-130K at Marshall in Cambridge, receiving life-extension modifications before flying back to Austria on 30 August. (Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace) ...

Austria is to acquire the KC-390 (pictured) to replace its ageing C-130K airlifters. (Embraer) Austria has selected the Embraer KC-390 Millennium for its future fixed-wing medium-lift requirement.