Stars and Stripes2 天
Coast Guard’s role in deportation flights is to funnel migrants to Air Force cargo planes
In the past two weeks, the Coast Guard has conducted at least seven C-130 Hercules flights that spanned California, Texas and ...
pna2 天
PH Air Force restores to service C-130 cargo plane
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has announced that it has successfully restored to full operational status a Lockheed C-130 "Hercules" transport aircraft following "critical structure maintenance ...
Trump's military deportation flights cost more, carry fewer migrants than charters
The Trump administration has carried out 10 deportations on military planes so far. They cost more and move fewer migrants ...
New Atlas12 天
Tiny vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force
A surprisingly simple tweak is making a venerable military transport aircraft more efficient. Literally gluing a few microvanes to the rear fuselage of a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane can result in ...
El Paso Times8 天
Trump's military deportation flights cost more, carry fewer migrants
The cost of flying C-17 military cargo planes is high, costing roughly $28,500 per hour of flight time, according to Reuters. The flights — averaging between 10 and 13 hours — take twice as ...
It’s a bird... it’s a plane! International cargo transporter captures attention of ...
Being near several military installations, strange-looking planes are fairly common for Colorado Springs’ skies, but one in ...