Chen Chuanren
February 11, 2026

C-130 transport in flight

The C-130 has been a mainstay of Singaporean military operations for almost five years, but will it continue to be?

Credit: Chen Chuanren/AW&ST

“The Hercules refuses to die,” a senior Singaporean military commander once remarked. The city-state’s latest decision to double down on the Lockheed Martin C-130H transport would appear to reflect that sentiment, but events could transpire differently. Since the formation of the Republic of…

Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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