The C-130 features a loading ramp and door in the tail that can accomodate palletized loads, vehicles and troops. The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved ...

However, it fell short in terms of payload capacity and ... ensuring the aircraft faced a 40 to 50-knot headwind during landing. As the C-130 touched down and came to a halt right opposite the ...

As a propeller-driven plane capable of landing and taking off from makeshift, short runways—while even under intense enemy fire—the C-130 became one of America’s go-to transportation planes.