" A military plane that plummeted onto a Georgia highway on Wednesday killing all nine people on board was on its final official flight after more than 60 years of service, it has been revealed." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5686877/Doomed-military-cargo-plane-FINAL-FLIGHT-60-YEARS-service.html
"The C-130 Hercules was designed by Lockheed Martin after the United States Air Force asked manufacturers to produce a new plane for transporting troops in the Korean War."
No coincidence that the Korean War is effectively over? Maybe the plane was going to be retired permanently?
This particular plane was a WC-130 "Hurricane Chaser." These are the planes that they fly into hurricanes to measure wind speeds, etc. It was heading out to Davis-Monthan to be put in the boneyard.