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One thing

34 nations agree on.

Hercules

You might find one at work anywhere in the free world.Hauling cattle in Colombia. Bulldozers in Brazil. Delivering supplies to oil workers on the frozen North Slope of Alaska. Or bringing tons of food, clothing and medicine to the devastated victims of earthquakes and floods. (The U.S. Air Force’s Tactical Air Command has flown hundreds of these mercy missions.) 

The Lockheed Hercules.

So far, thirty-four nations, including eight commercial airlines, have purchased over 1300 of them. Four of those became new Hercules owners in 1973 alone. Why? Because Hercules can do so much that other planes can’t.Like carry 45,000 pounds of cargo. 60-foot long pieces of pipe. Or trucks and tractors completely assembled and ready to roll out through its huge 9’ X 10’ rear doors and go to work.Hercules can also land and take off on rough dirt fields as short as 2100 feet. Big commercial cargo jets need 10,000 feet and some pretty smooth airstrips you just  won’t find in many parts of the world.

There are 45 different models of Hercules. All performing vital functions. And performing them better than any single plane built anywhere in the world. 

The Lockheed Hercules. The plane thirty-four nations have put their trust in.

Lockheed Doing It…In Airlift.

Lockheed-Georgia Company, Marietta, Georgia