USAF C-130 Photos



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    Air Force Airmen from the 37th and 59th Air Wing unload hospital patients from C-130E 62-1852 at Lackland AFB, Texas on September 12, 2008 that were evacuated from Beaumont, Texas. These patients were transported by a combined effort from the Little Rock AFB C-130 aircraft and crews and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron, Scott AFB, Illinios in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis]
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    Airmen from the 37th and 59th Air Wing unload hospital patients from C-130E 63-7883 at Lackland AFB, Texas, September 12, 2008, that were evacuated from Beaumont, Texas. These patients were transported by a combined effort from the Little Rock AFB C-130 aircraft and crews and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron, Scott AFB, Illinios, in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis]
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    Airmen made up of active duty, Guard, and Reserve from multiple Air Force bases load hospital patients onto C-130E 63-7883 at the Beaumont Airport in Texas September 12, 2008. Little Rock AFB C-130s were deployed to perform aero medical and transportation missions in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis]
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    USAF C-130H3 92-0549 of the 50th AS kicks up a cloud of sand while starting up one of its four engines at Balad AB, Iraq on September 15, 2008. The aircraft is deployed to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson]
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    Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Rebidue marshals in the Air Force's second active-duty J-model C-130 #04-3142 at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas on April 5, 2005. Sergeant Rebidue is a C-130 dedicated crew chief. [USAF photo by Airman 1st Class Tim Bazar]
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    USAF C-130J lands at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas as an older version of Hercules waits for clearance on March 19, 2004. [USAF photo by Senior Airman Tim Bazar]
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    A crew chief marshals one of the last two C-130J Hercules aircraft assigned here, C-130J 05-3145. The aircraft arrived today in a two-ship formation. The base now has all seven assigned aircraft. [USAF photo]
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    USAF C-130E 63-7853 from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing prepares to taxi out for takeoff at a deployed location in Southwest Asia on June 20, 2006. Just under a year later this aircraft was damaged in a landing accident in Kuwait in April 2007. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Hansen]
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    Aircrew and maintainers go over final pre-flight checks on C-130E 63-7853 before a mission at a deployed location in Southwest Asia on June 20, 2006. Just under a year later this aircraft was damaged in a landing accident in Kuwait in April 2007. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Hansen]
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    Tech. Sgt. Philip Lester hurridly unloads a 455th Air Expeditionary Wing C-130H 74-1689 on Tarin Kowt?s dirt runway on July 8, 2006 in Afghanistan. In 114-degree temperatures and prop wash from the Hercules, the temperatures behind the plane reach to about 140 degrees. [USAF photo]
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    USAF 455th Air Expeditionary Wing C-130H 74-1689 of the 40th AS touches down on Tarin Kowt?s dirt runway in Afghanistan on July 9, 2006. Because of the increased threat level there, aircrews make the stop there as briefly as possible. [USAF photo]
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    USAF EC-130H 73-1594 sits on the flight line while maintaners perform a routine check on it at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on November 1, 2006. The 41st ECS has flown more than 5,000 combat hours over the skies of Afghanistan. The aircraft and members from the squadron are deployed from Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. [USAF photo by Captain Vince King Jr.]
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    USAF C-130H 92-0552 from the 50th AS drops cargo during the capabilities exercise demonstration at Little Rock Air Force Bases' Air Power Arkansas air show November 4, 2006. [USAF photo by SrA Jaqueline Hawkins]
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    USAF C-130H 74-2069 of the 39th AS assigned to the 746th Air Expeditionary Flight from Southwest Asia flies missions in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. The unit was tasked to deliver relief and humanitarian supplies to Ethiopia following a flood. [US Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Phil Fortnam]
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    USAF EC-130H 65-0989 Compass Call prepares to begin a mission in an unknown location in Southwest Asia on January 16, 2007. This flight for the 43rd ECS will be the squadron's 10,000 combat hour milestone supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Edward D. Holzapfel]