A maintenance procedure used by Air Force mechanics to document inspections likely damaged hundreds of C-130 propeller blades over a decade, according to service officials. Maintenance technicians ...
The U.S. Air Force has stopped flights of more than 100 of its workhorse cargo plane, citing a need to fix defective propeller barrel assemblies. If not fixed, the issue could crack propellers and ...
MRO provider Pacific Propeller International (PPI) will replace the propeller barrels on the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) fleet of legacy Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules tactical transports. The Washington ...
A C-130H Hercules aircraft from the 179th Airlift Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, taxis down the flightline at Tuzla International Airport, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Sept. 9, 2019. Most of the Air Force's ...