A specially modified C-130 Hercules banks over the Texas countryside Sept. 19 during its initial test flight. The Hercules, which took off from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was modified under the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program which included a comprehensive upgrade of the avionics system that increases situational awareness for the warfighter tenfold over old analog cockpits, dramatically increasing information available to aircrews at a glance, simplifying tasks and decreasing workload. (Boeing photo/Ron Bookout)
Posted: 09/01/2006