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Hercules can haul almost anything – almost anywhere

Trucks, tractors, troops. Jet engines, jet fuel, jet pilots. Missiles, rockets, guidance systems Air Force, Army, Marines, Coast Guard. Whatever, whoever, wherever – Hercules has what it takes to get the job done.

Destination may be a crude landing strip freshly hacked out of the jungle. Or a snow field at the South Pole. Makes on difference. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules can land and take off on just about any reasonably flat, clear spot on the face of the earth – so it can take its vital cargo close to the action without delay.

Hercules is the true airlifter – built for the big work. Its huge rear doors swallow tons of freight in seconds – straight onto the truck-bed height cargo floor. And these doors can be opened in flight to permit king-size paradrops.

Five hundred of the big propjets, eighteen different versions, are now in service, for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard – and the air forces of many free world nations.

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Loads from rear

Carries 92 troops

Refuels fighters

Drops big equipment

Launches target drones

Lands on snow & ice

U.S. Air Force C-130B takes off from jungle clearing between Amazon and Andes for one-hour flight to Lima, Peru. Heavy freight must otherwise be hauled 7,000 roundabout miles by river, sea, and rail