The plane was flying from the Alaskan coastal city of Unalakleet to another city along the Bering Sea coast, Nome—a journey ...

More than 600 personnel, 10 rotary-wing aircraft, and two C-130 Hercules aircraft from the ... taking about four hours or less for a crew of five to set up, fill, and load the 11,000-pound unit.

The C-130 Hercules marked 70 years of service in 2024 ... logging over a million flight hours while adapting to evolving mission requirements. Initially designed as a medium cargo plane capable ...