turboprop engines aren't as fast (offering around 300 knots less maximum speed relatively) but perform better at lower speeds ...

That aircraft was also the 134th special mission C-130J, counting all the MC-130Js ... auxiliary flight deck stations, and turboprop engines (four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3's) with six-bladed, ...

new turboprop engines with six-bladed all-composite propellers and a digital autopilot. The C-130J/J-30 also includes improved fuel, environmental and ice-protection and an enhanced cargo-handling ...

The delivery was the 64th for the MC-130J fleet and the 134th total number of MC-130Js, AC-130Js and HC-130Js. The service still awaits deliveries of new-build C-130Js, but no additional specially ...

Read about the Air Force's plan to raise the C-130J Combined Aircraft Delivery, Development, Integration and Engineering contract's ceiling to $25 billion.

As the sun set over the Yokota Air Base flightline, four C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron revved engines in preparation for ...

VIENNA — A routine environmental assessment is all that is needed before the Youngstown Air Reserve Station officially gets awarded eight new C-130J Super Hercules aircrafts, the base commander ...

The AC-130J Ghostrider gunship is the newest version of the historic AC-130 aircraft, which dates back to the Vietnam War. Unlike C-130s, which are meant to carry cargo and troops, the AC-130 ...

If the pair of aircraft from the Youngstown Reserve Air Station flying overhead recently seemed larger than usual, it’s not your imagination.