C-130 Hercules

The C-130 Hercules is a tactical transport aircraft built by Lockheed Martin. It is one of the most used transport aircraft in the planet, seeing service in over 60 countries.

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The C-130 Hercules is the ultimate transport aircraft in service with over 60+ countries around the globe, and since its conception in 1951, has remained in production to the current day. The C-130 is a highly-reliable quad-turboprop medium range transport, able to carry 30,000 pounds of virtually any type of cargo up to 1500 nautical miles. Able to take off within less than 250 meters fully-loaded with jet-assisted-take-off rocket packs, the C-130 can be deployed virtually anywhere. It has seen service in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and with U.N. peace-keepers throughout the world. It has been reconfigured into many variants including the famous AC-130 Spectre gunship, the EC-130 electronic surveillance aircraft, the KC-130 medium tanker and transport, and even has taken shape as the LC-130 polar regions transport aircraft. It also sees use throughout the civilian aviation scene as a freight transport and "storm chaser" weather research platform.

The variant featured in the Ace Combat games is the C-130H Hercules.