Editing Lockheed C-130 Hercules (section)

==Accidents==
{{main|List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules}}

The C-130 Hercules has had a low accident rate in general. The Royal Air Force recorded an accident rate of about one aircraft loss per 250,000 flying hours over the last 40 years, placing it behind [[Vickers VC10]]s and [[Lockheed TriStar (RAF)|Lockheed TriStars]] with no flying losses.<ref name="dasa">[http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/accidents/accdam/acctab2.html "Aircraft Air Accidents and Damage Rates"]. Defence Analytical Services Agency. Retrieved 2 October 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709094759/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/accidents/accdam/acctab2.html |date=9 July 2009}}</ref> USAF C-130A/B/E-models had an overall attrition rate of 5% as of 1989 as compared to 1–2% for commercial airliners in the U.S., according to the [[National Transportation Safety Board|NTSB]], 10% for [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] bombers, and 20% for fighters ([[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4]], [[General Dynamics F-111|F-111]]), trainers ([[Cessna T-37 Tweet|T-37]], [[Northrop T-38 Talon|T-38]]), and helicopters ([[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King|H-3]]).<ref>Diehl 2002, p. 45.</ref>
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