Since the mid-1960s, the Air Force has used the MC-130 to support special-operations missions all over the world. The Air Force is now rolling out the MC-130J model, and it will remain important as ...

A U.S. Air Force Loadmaster assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing sits on the ramp of a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II over Normandy, France, June 6, 2022. The 352 SOW participated in ...

The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is exploring turning its Lockheed Martin MC-130J into an amphibious aircraft by adding two large floats below its hull. SOCOM revealed its interest in the ...

Commandos and pilots with the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) successfully landed a range of aircraft on a rural highway in Wyoming during recent training exercises. The drills on 2 ...

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Kirtland Air Force Base has been here for decades but we don’t always get to see what they do there so here’s a look behind the gate. In the video above, you can see a ...

A U.S. Air Force rendering of an amphibious MC-130J. Credit: U.S. Air Force FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida—U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has pushed back the planned demonstration of an ...

A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 airdropped a palletized Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) last month as a prelude to a future test of a C-17-fired palletized missile, the head of Air Mobility ...

Concept for a C-130 floatplane. U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is developing removable floats for its MC-130J Commando II transports. Bolt on the floats, and the normally land-based MC-130 ...

The prospect of a war in the Pacific has the US military thinking about how to spread out and conduct amphibious operations. Those challenges have renewed the US military's interest in an old concept: ...

The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is considering the design and development of an amphibious MC-130 aircraft to support operational requirements in the age of ‘Great Power Competition’ (GPC) ...