British C-130 Photos



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    RAF C-130K #XV294 shortly after landing on October 21, 1994 at Kuwait International Airport. The aircraft is bringing passengers and equipment for British troops stationed in Kuwait. The troops joined the US forces in response to Saddam Hussein's advancement to the Kuwaiti border. [USAF photo by SRA Blaze E. Lipowski]
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    RAF C-130K #XV299 lands at Drop Zone Luzon near Fort Bragg, North Carolina on May 17, 1996. [USMC photo by Lance CPL. R. L. Kugler Jr.]
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    A trio of Hercules C.1 aircraft fly over countryside near there homebase of Lyneham. In the shot from left to right is XV182, XV223 & XV219. Photo dated 1980. [RAF photo by Cpl. Maurice R. Lockey]
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    RAF C-130K Hercules, XV307 seen at RIAT, 15 July 2006 wearing special markings celebrating the 40th Anniversary of C-130 in service with the RAF. [Photo by Asif Shamim]
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    Hercules Integrated Operational Support (HIOS) markings as seen on RAF C-130K Hercules, XV307 at RIAT on 15 July 2006. [Photo by Asif Shamim]
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    Hercules Integrated Operational Support (HIOS) markings as seen on RAF C-130K Hercules, XV307 at RIAT on 15 July 2006. [Photo by Asif Shamim]
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    RAF C-130K Hercules C3 307 taxiing for take off at the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England on July 17, 2006. [photo by Adrian Pingstone]
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    Two RAF crews from Brize Norton, made the final operational sorties in the service’s remaining two C-130K (designated Hercules C. Mk. 3, officially) aircraft on October 25, 2013. The K-model was retired at the end of October, closing an RAF career that began in 1967. [RAF Brize Norton photo by Paul Crouch]
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    Lockheed Martin test pilots Lyle Schaefer and Bob Price take the first J-model ZH865 aloft for the first time on 5 April 1996 from Dobbins ARB in Marietta, Georgia. That aircraft, an extended fuselage length Super Hercules, was delivered to the Royal Air Force after testing was completed. [Lockheed Martin photo by John Rossino]
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    First paint scheme applied to RAF C-130's. Here we see C-130K #XV222. [RAF photo]
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    RAF C-130K XV-215 Desert Storm nose art "Oh Lordy It's the Fat Slags" as worn during Operation Granby. [Photo courtesy of RAF]
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    RAF C-130K XV190 Desert Storm nose art "Betty Boob" as worn during Operation Granby. [Photo courtesy of RAF]
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    RAF C-130K XV-297 Desert Storm nose art "Where's the Beach?" as worn during Operation Granby. [Photo courtesy of RAF]
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    RAF C-130K XV-306 Desert Storm nose art "The Baron" as worn during Operation Granby. [Photo courtesy of RAF]
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    RAF C-130K XV-192 Desert Storm nose art "The Silver Tounged Cavalier" as worn during Operation Granby. [Photo courtesy of RAF]