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A Lot of people owe their lives to Hercules. 

When earthquakes turned Managua, Nicaragua, from a city into rubble. Hercules was in the air within two hours with tons of plasma and medical supplies.

Famine struck the nation of Chad in Central America. Hercules struck back with 500 tons of food. Landing where planes aren’t supposed to land, like clearings as short as 2100 feet.

Even rough dirt fields too tough for other planes, weren’t too tough for Hercules to land on.

Or unload from. With huge doors in the rear and it’s own loading ramp, generators and water purification systems were easily unloaded in Guam, after Typhoon Karen paralyzed the island.

If you’re beginning to think Hercules is as much a maiden of mercy as a muscleman of cargo, you’re right.

It brought iron lungs to Japan to fight polio. It brought 25 tons of insecticide to Morocco to fight locusts.

It’s been all over the world helping to save lives. That’s one big reason 32 nations own more than 1200 Hercules. Now, 32 Nations can face an emergency knowing there’s a way to help those in need.

Today, Hercules continues to roll off the Lockheed-Georgia assembly line, featuring new innovations within forty-five different models.

To some, Hercules is just a plane.

To those in trouble, it’s a lifeline.

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A division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Marietta Georgia