2005年5月4日，美国南卡罗来纳州格林维尔县唐纳森中心机场，怀俄明州空中国民警卫队第153空运中队的 C- 130E“大力神”搭载模块化机载灭火系统起飞，参与农业部林务局年度培训及认证消防演习。（A C-130 Hercules Modular Airborne Firefighting System aircraft takes off for a mission during an annual MAFFS exercise at Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park in Greenville, S.C., on May 4, 2005. The exercise is a one-week annual training and re-certification exercise joining air and ground personnel from the Federal Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, U.S. Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve units. The exercise involves eight C-130 Hercules aircraft that fly continuous missions dropping water on South Carolina's Sumter National Forest to prepare crews for wild land firefighting missions. The C-130 is assigned to the 153rd Air Lift Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard in Cheyenne, Wyo.）

2004年4月30日，阿富汗喀布尔，加拿大空军的CC-130H"大力神"战术运输机正在起飞，CC-130每天执飞为加拿大驻阿富汗特遣部队运送各种物资并运送士兵休假，同时部署轮换部队到阿富汗。（30 April 2004,Kabul, Afghanistan,A Canadian Forces CC-130 Hercules taking off from Kabul, Afghanistan carrying cargo and soldiers from various elements of Task Force Kabul (TFK). The CC-130 Hercules aircraft make daily flights into the Kabul airport to rotate personnel, bring in supplies and mail and to tranpsort personnel to and from leave while deployed into Afghanistan.）

2004年4月30日，大西洋，美国空军第143空运联队的C-130J在2000英尺高度演练空投美国海军特种舟艇部队第20分队的硬体充气艇（RHIB），该联队部署于罗德岛可为美国海军特别舟艇部队提供支援。（Atlantic Ocean (Apr. 29, 2004) - A U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules assigned to Rhode Island's 143rd Airlift Wing deploys a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) 2,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. The Airlift Wing assisted the U.S. Navy Special Boat Unit Two Zero (SBU-20), homeported at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., deploy two 11-meter RHIBs during a maritime craft air delivery system exercise. SBU-20 also evaluated a prototype floatation device to expand the unit's in-ocean capabilities.）

2004年4月30日，大西洋，美国空军第143空运联队的C-130J在2000英尺高度演练空投美国海军特种舟艇部队第20分队的硬体充气艇（RHIB），该联队部署于罗德岛可为美国海军特别舟艇部队提供支援。（Atlantic Ocean (Apr. 29, 2004) - A United States Air Force C-130J Hercules assigned to Rhode Island's 143rd Airlift Wing deploys a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) 2,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. The Airlift Wing assisted the U.S. Navy Special Boat Unit Two Zero (SBU-20), homeported at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., deploy two 11-meter RHIBs during a maritime craft air delivery system exercise. SBU-20 also evaluated a prototype floatation device to expand the unit's in-ocean capabilities.）

2004年4月30日，大西洋，美国空军第143空运联队的C-130J在2000英尺高度演练空投美国海军特种舟艇部队第20分队的硬体充气艇（RHIB），该联队部署于罗德岛可为美国海军特别舟艇部队提供支援。（Atlantic Ocean (Apr. 29, 2004) - A United States Air Force C-130J Hercules assigned to Rhode Island's 143rd Airlift Wing deploys a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) 2,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. The Airlift Wing assisted the U.S. Navy Special Boat Unit Two Zero (SBU-20), homeported at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., deploy two 11-meter RHIBs during a maritime craft air delivery system exercise. SBU-20 also evaluated a prototype floatation device to expand the unit's in-ocean capabilities.）

2010年4月18日，美国乔治亚州玛丽埃塔，洛克希德·马丁公司完成了美国空军空战司令部（ACC）订购的首架 HC-130J"战斗之王"II 战斗救援加油机总装，之后将进行生产试飞，预计于年底交付。（Lockheed Martin rolls out the first of a new fleet of HC-130J combat rescue tankers for the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC).）

2012年4月18日，乔治亚州玛丽埃塔，洛克希德·马丁公司向戴斯空军基地交付第18架C-130J"超级大力神"战术运输机，C-130J是C-130系列中的最新型，除航电系统升级、所需飞行组员减少为3人之外，发动机亦改用劳斯莱斯公司的AE-2100D3涡轮螺旋桨发动机，并采用新设计的六叶式螺旋桨。（Super Hercules Takes Flight to Texas.Lockheed Martin delivered another C-130J Super Hercules to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas on April 18, 2012. This aircraft was the 18th C-130J delivered to Dyess by Lockheed Martin.）

2013年4月21日，西亚，美国空军空中机动司令部（AMC）第386空中远征联队的C-130E"大力神"战术运输机正在起飞，这架C-130E来自德克萨斯州空中国民警卫队（ANG）第136空运联队（136th AW），当执行联邦任务时即归属AMC指挥。这种运输机主要执行战术空运任务，能够从粗糙的土跑道上起降，是空投部队和装备进入敌对地区的主要交通工具。（An Air Mobility Command C-130 Hercules deployed from the Texas Air National Guard lifts off April 21, 2013, from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia. The C-130 Hercules primarily performs the tactical portion of the airlift mission. The aircraft is capable of operating from rough, dirt strips and is the prime transport for airdropping troops and equipment into hostile areas.）

2005年4月19日，阿富汗坎大哈机场，一架C-130"大力神"战术运输机进场，从一群正在进行混凝土施工的人们头顶上掠过。（KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A C-130 Hercules tactical aircraft makes its final approach to land on the operational part of the runway at Kandahar Air Field. The flight path is across and directly in line with the runwaya??s new concrete touch down, an Afghanistan Engineer District project currently under construction.）

2006年1月6日，日本横田空军基地，美国空军第36空运中队的C-130H3“大力神”运输机群准备起飞，该中队是美军在太平洋地区唯一的前进型战术空运中队，他们装备的“大力神”中型运输机历久弥新，承担了战区空运，特种作战，空中医疗后送，搜索和救援，遣返和人道主义救援等任务。C-130H是美军目前主要的战术运输机，同时也是主要的出口型号。自1992年至1996年，美国空军的C-130H逐步改良成C-130H3，改良范围包括驾驶仪器部分玻璃座舱化、APN-241雷达、新的夜视设备，并改善机内电力输出系统以及增设部分升级组件。（U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi on the flight line before a six-ship sortie from Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 6, 2006. The Hercules are attached to the 36th Airlift Squadron, which is the only forward-based tactical airlift squadron in the Pacific region.）