TY - BOOK ID - 80834702 TI - C-130 aircraft : background and issues for the "Hercules'' of the U.S. airlift fleet PY - 2014 SN - 9781633218017 1633218015 1633217647 9781633217645 PB - New York, [New York] : Novinka, DB - UniCat KW - Airlift, Military KW - Hercules (Turboprop transports) KW - C-130 (Transport plane) KW - Lockheed Hercules KW - Airplanes, Military KW - Jet transports KW - Lockheed aircraft KW - Turboprop transports KW - United States. KW - Appropriations and expenditures. KW - D.O.D. KW - DOD (Department of Defense) KW - Mei-kuo kuo fang pu KW - Ministerstvo oborony SShA KW - Министерство обороны США KW - National Military Establishment (U.S.) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80834702 AB - The national defense strategy of the United States is evolving in response to changing global environments. As Congress responds to these changes, an important aspect is the responsibility for oversight and appropriations for an aging tactical airlift fleet. The United States primary tactical airlift aircraft is the C-130. Nicknamed the Hercules, this venerable aircraft has been the workhorse of U.S. tactical airlift for the past 57 years. The majority of C-130s in the U.S. government are assigned to the U.S. Air Force, but the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard also operate sizeable C-1 ER -