With a wingspan of 132 feet, the C-130 Hercules seemed impossible to land on a flight deck. But in a high-stakes test aboard the USS Forrestal, the U.S. Navy proved the unimaginable was possible.

Carriers at sea typically deploy small planes and fighter jets, but the C-130 Hercules is the largest plane that's landed on an aircraft carrier.

The C-130 operates worldwide and is capable of carrying just about anything needed into and out of a combat zone — a C-130 once landed on an aircraft carrier, making it the largest plane to do so.

Noah talks to Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Brands, a pilot with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command, about the use of the C-130 transport plane in fighting western wildfires. Brands discusses why the C ...

The C-130 got its start in the aftermath of the Korean War, with U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command realizing the force lacked medium cargo transport aircraft. In the modern era, those roots in ...

CAL FIRE's first operational C-130 Hercules appeared in the sky above San Jacinto on Monday, ... California is the first state in the U.S. to own and operate firefighting C-130H aircraft.