Photos of the Week: All Hail the Hercules

Loud stadiums. Rowdy crowds. Marching bands. There is nothing like the atmosphere of a college football game.

But there’s something else that takes the gameday experience up a notch: the abrupt, low-level flyover of an aircraft over the stadium that energizes the tens of thousands of spectators inside.

Flyovers are synonymous with events whether it’s sports, a parade or an honorary celebration in recognition of an observance or person. At American sporting events, flyovers are often done by the U.S. military ranging from fast and loud fighter jet formations to large, rumbling cargo transports.

One of those transports is the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules, the most numerous airlifter in the U.S. military’s inventory.