Aug. 2 (UPI) --The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing is training with ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules cargo planes at Raven Camp, Greenland, for landing operations in remote snow and ice ...

Standing in front of a decades-old LC-130H cargo plane at the Stratton Air National Guard base in Glenville on Monday, U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Charles Schumer called for $290 million in defense ...

Not that present in daily news, the military hardware designed to operate in harsh conditions such as in snow and ice sure come in the form of impressive machines. One needs to look no further than ...

STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Scotia, N.Y.--The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing transported 3,900 people, and carried 4 million pounds of supplies and 1.2 million pounds of fuel ...

An LC-130 Hercules “ski-bird” recently flew a heart attack victim from Antarctica to New Zealand for medical treatment, Pacific Air Forces announced this week. A civilian logistics specialist suffered ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- LC-130 Hercules aircraft will have a smoother takeoff from Antarctica and Greenland thanks to the 109th Maintenance Squadron.

Maureen Baillargeon Aumand presents an excellent look at our government's use of drones in her commentary ("Drone strikes reveal a lost moral compass," Nov. 17). The ever-increasing number of drone ...

McMURDO STATION, Antarctica - New York Air National Guard Airmen who fly the only ski-equipped aircraft in the American military gave a lift to 35 Australian Antarctic researchers heading back home on ...

An LC-130 "Skibird" assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing between missions at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, the National Science Foundation research center in Antarctica on ...

Four hundred airmen of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing have returned to the Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia after completing five months of missions in support of ...

Hi, today I am presenting you the story of the famous Hercules C-130. Built since 1956, it is now one of the most selled plane in the history. And with more than 40 different versions such as the ...

The U.S. Air Force is now being urged to enhance its skiplanes. A C-130 Hercules aircraft comes into land at the Townsville airport on September 11, 2020 in Townsville, Australia. Australian Defence ...