Military and aviation slang for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules — a legendary four-engine turboprop transport aircraft that has been in continuous production since the 1950s and remains one of the most versatile and widely used military aircraft in the world. The nickname captures the aircraft's reputation for raw capability and reliability: it can land on dirt strips, drop paratroopers, deliver humanitarian aid, and handle gunship missions. If you've served in any branch of the armed forces that flies transport, you've probably loaded onto a Herc.
The supply run went ahead despite the weather because the Herc can handle conditions that would ground anything else.
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(slang) A Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft.
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