2006年5月10日，美国新泽西州麦圭尔空军基地，美国空军第 305 空中机动联队一架 C-17“环球霸王”III 正在降落，另一架则准备起飞。（A C-17 Globemaster III from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., performs touch and go landings while another C-17 prepares for take-off on Wednesday, May 10, 2006.）

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.）

1961年4月28日，美国密苏里州堪萨斯城Richards-Gebaur空军基地，美国空军预备役司令部（AFRES）第442空运联队接收第一架C-124C“环球霸王”II战略运输机。C-124是美国空军在20世纪50年代和60年代初期主要的重型运输机，直到洛克希德C-141服役取而代之。（The 442nd Airlift Wing received the Air Force Reserve's first C-124 Globemaster cargo planes in April 1961. The wing flew these aircraft until 1971 when the wing transitioned to C-130 Hercules aircraft. Here, a C-124 lands at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Kansas City.）

2007年4月18日，西南亚，美国空军一架为伊拉克行动提供支援的C-17A"环球霸王"III战略运输机进行地面维护。这架C-17A隶属于空军机动司令部(AMC)第437空运联队（437th AW），同时属于空军预备队司令部(AFRC)第315空运联队（315th AW），归属中央空军司令部（AFCENT）调派。（A maintenance Airman checks a C-17 Globemaster III prior to a support mission in Iraq. C-17s provide intra-theater heavy airlift support. ）

2009年4月18日，吉尔吉斯马纳斯空军基地，美国空军第535空运中队（535th AS）的C-17A"环球霸王"III战略运输机起飞返回夏威夷希卡姆空军基地，马纳斯空军基地是将货物运往阿富汗的中转站，为持久自由行动提供物资运输支持。过去五周以来，每天几乎都有三架次的C-17A往返两地。（A C-17 Globemaster III from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, takes off from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, April 18 with a load of cargo destined for Afghanistan. For the past five weeks, three C-17 aircrews from Pacific Air Forces have been flying three flights nearly every day in order to deliver needed supplies for the buildup of various bases supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.）

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).）