About Us

The C-130 transport, named "Hercules" from the mythical Greek hero renowned for his great strength, first flew seventy one years ago (1954) and has been delivered to more than sixty countries around the world, more than 2,500 C-130s have been built, and they are flown by more than seventy nations worldwide, in more than seventy variations.

The C-130 Technical Coordination Group (TCG) was formed in 1987 as a organization to provide a more direct line of operational and logistical assistance to the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) users of the C-130 Hercules aircraft.  The C-130 TCG currently supports thirty five international country partners.  Combined, these country partners are flying approximately 400+ C-130 (B, E, H, J, and L-100) aircraft.  International users make up over 70+ percent of the worldwide fleet.  The original 16 member countries were Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, and Türkiye.

The C-130 TCG is steadily expanding as fleets retire and the excess aircraft is purchased by international customers.  Membership levels have varied over the years, but there has been one constant--service to our member countries.  This service can be as simple as providing an aircraft part number to as complex as designing a country specific structural or avionics modification.  The staff of the C-130 TCG can not only draw from their considerate expertise but also from access to the flying history and future direction of C-130 fleets.  The availability of such reliability, maintainability, and support data makes this low cost investment a winner.

As of 2025 the C-130 TCG has been operational for 38 years.  Since the inception of the C-130 TCG in 1987 we have held 34 World Wide Reviews.  Only 3 World Wide Reviews were not held (1987, 2013, and 2020).  Our 35th World Wide Review is slated to take place in October 2025.  Please visit our World Wide Review page for additional details on dates, location, and registration information.