The big, lumbering C-130s of the Four Horsemen team are pictured in tight formation over the Superstition Mountains east of Williams AFB during Lockheed's filming of the "Four Horsemen Story" early in November 1959. [Courtesy photo]
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The C-130 Hercules is known for performing tactical airlift missions, capable of short-take offs from dirt strips and airdropping troops and equipment. Thanks to four aircraft commanders in the late 1950s, the Hercules also shined as part of an aerial demonstration team that remembers as the Four Horsemen.
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