OKLAHOMA CITY — The last three C-130 Hercules military cargo planes flew out of Will Rogers Air National Guard Base on Thursday en route to their new home in Pennsylvania.

The planes, which have conducted hundreds of missions since arriving at Will Rogers in 1979, now will become part of the Air Force Reserve Command's 911 Airlift Wing in Pittsburgh.

The C-130s have been used for hundreds missions, including relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina, dropping hay to starving cattle in New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.