A C-130H Hercules from the Texas Air National Guard sits on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Fla., in September 2017. The Air Force stopped flying 60 C-130Hs last month to replace pre-1971 propeller ...

A US Air Force civilian contractor was killed when she walked into a drone’s rotating propeller at a California airfield — after losing “situational awareness” while glued to a data recording device, ...

The U.S. Air Force has stopped flights of more than 100 of its workhorse cargo plane, citing a need to fix defective propeller barrel assemblies. If not fixed, the issue could crack propellers and ...

Hartzell and Raisbeck have secured the launch customer for their latest composite five-blade swept propeller for the Beech King Air 200 series. Hartzell and Raisbeck have secured the launch customer ...

More than 100 of the Air Force's C-130 Hercules have stopped flying after the service discovered a crack in a part that holds the propeller and ordered the aircraft to be grounded last week, officials ...

Kongsberg Maritime has successfully adapted a propeller concept used in naval applications and is now offering the same operational and environmental benefits to commercial shipping customers. While ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hamilton Sundstrand NP 2000 propellers are being tested by U.S. Air Force engineers in California on a C-130H3 aircraft. The new eight-bladed composite ...

The Air Force grounded more than 100 of its workhorse turboprop C-130 Hercules aircraft after officials at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., discovered cracks in the propeller barrel assembly of one of the ...