Miscellaneous C-130 Photos



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    SrA Ralph Colas, 37th AS loadmaster, looks out the back of a C-130J Super Hercules as it flies over the Greek landscape during Stolen Cerberus II, a flying training deployment, in Elefsis, Greece on February 3, 2015. [USAF photo by SrA Nicholas Crisp]
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    SSgt. Joshua Nelson (left), 37th AS loadmaster, waits to give the "go" signal to U.S. Army jump masters and Greek paratroopers on a C-130J Super Hercules on a night flight during the Stolen Cerberus II flying training deployments. [USAF photo by SrA Timothy Moore]
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    C-130XJ concept art work [Lockheed Martin]
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    It's like slowly pulling a tooth. Teams from across the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex gathered in Bldg. 110 recently to witness something that's never happened here before - the complete nose separation of a C-130H from its fuselage. The nose and fuselage were slowly separated with a hand-operated ratchet lever winch. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ed Aspera)
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    USAF C-130H #74-2067 from 36 AS, sits inside a hangar in preparation of its final repairs at Yokota AB, on March 11, 2015. An internal explosion in the wing severely crippled the aircraft. A team of eight Airmen, including the dedicated crew chief, were tasked with rebuilding 2067. [USAF photo by SrA Michael Washburn]
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    Top photo: Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin; Lockheed-Georgia Division (now Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company) President Dan Houghton (later Lockheed Corporation CEO); Col. Edward McRay, Commander, Air Force Plant Representative Office, Marietta, Georgia (now DCMA) christen the first C-130A to roll off the Marietta production line. Bottom photo: Georgia Governor Nathan Deal; George Shultz, Lockheed Martin Vice President and General Manager—C-130 Programs; Shan Cooper, Lockheed Martin Vice President and Marietta Site General Site Manager; Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, Commander, US Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida; Col. Joshua Rogers, Chief of Flight Operations, Defense Contract Management Agency Marietta Site recreate the photo years later. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    USAF AC-130H #69-6573 from 16 SOS "Heavy Metal", proudly displays its "Decepticon" kill marking under the pilots window April 8, 2015 at Cannon AFB. Heavy Metal was the gunship featured in the first Transformers film as it was called in to "bring the rain" in order to protect special forces operators from a giant robot scorpion. [USAF photo by SSgt. Matthew Plew]
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    Col. Ben Maitre, 27th SOW commander, stands with air and ground crew members of the 16th SOS and the 27th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in front of AC-130H #69-6573 from 16 SOS "Heavy Metal", prior to its retirement April 8, 2015 at Cannon AFB. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Plew]
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    Marine Capt. Katie Higgins, the first female pilot with the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, or Blue Angels, speaks with media aboard MCAS Beaufort on April 9, 2015. The Severna Park, Md., native, is now the newest pilot of "Fat Albert," a C-130 Hercules flown by the Blue Angels. [USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Olivia G. Ortiz]
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    The MC-130P Combat Shadow team responsible for getting plane #66-0225 to its final resting place at Davis-Monthan AFB. poses for a group photo at Kadena AB on April 15, 2015. [USAF photo by A1C Stephen G. Eigel]
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    The MC-130P Combat Shadow team responsible for getting plane #69-5826 to its final resting place at Davis-Monthan AFB poses for a group photo at Kadena AB on April 15, 2015. [USAF photo by A1C Stephen G. Eigel]
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    From left to right, Staff Sgt. Josie E. Harshe, flight engineer; Capt. Anita T. Mack, navigator; 1st Lt. Siobhan Couturier, pilot; Capt. Carol J. Mitchell, aircraft commander; and loadmasters Tech. Sgt. Sigrid M. Carrero-Perez and Senior Airman Ci Ci Alonzo, pause in the cargo bay of their C-130 for a group photo following their historic flight in Afghanistan. [USAF photo]
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    Reservists from the 41st Aerial Port unload a 5,000 pound generator from a C-130J Hercules. The aircraft returned home after flying missions out of Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., since Hurricane Katrina bashed apart its home base. Defense officials are working to determine the role going forward for the nation’s reserve-component forces. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Chance Babin]
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    USAF AC-130U #89-0514 'Maximum Carnage' undergoing heavy maintenance, on display at Robins AFB on April 29, 2012. [Photo by Jason Grant]