Australian and New Zealand C-130 Photos



  • A97H-002 LANDING
    RAAF C-130H #A97-002 is seen landing. Date unknown. [RAAF photo]
  • C130E FLY OVER RED NOSE DAY
    RAAF C-130E #A97-190 has a special red nose applied during a flypast for Red Nose Day in 1999. [RAAF photo]
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    RAAF C-130E #A97-190 has a special red nose applied during a flypast for Red Nose Day in 1999. [RAAF photo]
  • A MODEL WILLIAMTOWN AIRSHOW
    RAAF C-130A #A97-206 Seen at Williamtown Airshow. Date unknown. [RAAF photo]
  • a model airdrop
    RAAF C-130A #A97-213 from 36 Sqn is seen making an airdrop. Date unknown. [RAAF Photo]
  • AB713-1-8739
    RAAF C-130A #A97-215 was seen at Hobart Airport sometime in 1964. [Photo by Tasmanian Library archive]
  • A97-214forward
    RAAF C-130A #A97-214 forward fuselage on delivery to the National Vietnam Veterans Museum on March 22, 2022. [Photographer unknown]
  • NZ7005
    RNZAF C-130H #NZ7005 from 40 Sqn was seen in Tauranga on February 23, 1969. [Photographer unknown]
  • 230221-F-VL365-1152
    16 RNZAF maintainers pose for a group photo with members of Detachment 4 of the 373rd Training Squadron at Little Rock AFB on February 21, 2023. As part of a joint effort to transition the New Zealand Defence Force from C-130H Hercules models to C-130J Super Hercules models, the members will undergo training for approximately six months with Det 4 of the 373rd TRS before working directly with the 19th AW. [USAF photo by A1C Isabell A. Nutt]
  • C-130J-5978
    RNZAF C-130J #5978 the first New Zealand airframe seen on the production line on April 3, 2023. [Lockheed Martin Photo by David L. Key]
  • HERC12
    RAAF C-130A #A97-212 was seen at Williams Laverton Base sometime during 1979. [Photo by John Richard Thomson]
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    The first RNZAF C-130J-30 Hercules #NZ7011 emerges from the paint shop at Lockheed Martin’s factory in Marietta, Georgia, USA. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    RNZAF C-130H #NZ7002 from 40 Sqn is seen arriving at RNZAF Base Wigram for the first time in 1965. [Crown Copyright 1965, New Zealand Defence Force]
  • WhG8185-65
    Line up of three brand new 40 Sqn C-130H Hercules on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. #NZ7003 is the nearest to the camera. [Photo via New Zealand Defence Force]
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    The first RNZAF C-130J-30 Hercules #NZ7011 emerges from the paint shop at Lockheed Martin’s factory in Marietta, Georgia, USA. [Lockheed Martin photo]