USAF C-130 Photos



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    Crew chiefs stand in front of their aircraft in preparation for engine start for an 18-ship launch from Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina on March 24, 1999. The 43rd AW from Pope AFB, North Carolina had 21 of their C-130 Hercules deployed to the taxiway at Mackall for Exercise Gryphon Warrior 99-01. The closest aircraft is C-130E #70-1268. [USAF photo by civilian Dave Davenport]
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    An air-to-air view of USAF C-130E #63-7788 flying with Mount Rainier in the background. Mount Rainier is in Washington state and this photo was taken in May of 1978. [USAF photo by SGT J.P. Childs]
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    Tech. Sgt. Robert Mick, 37th AS Loadmaster, preflights C-130E #70-1264 on June 5, 1994 before the drop during Operation Overlord 94. The 37th AS deployed to RAF Alconbury, England to airlift the 82nd and the 101st Airborne troops into France to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings. [USAF photo by Staff SGT. Russ Pollanen]
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    The last plane out, C-130E #68-10934 of the 2nd AS cranks engines on September 5, 1996 to evacuate Pope AFB, North Carolina before Hurricane Fran strikes. Ten hours later wind gusts in excess of 100 mph were screaming across the ramp. [USAF photo by Dave Davenport]
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    USAF C-130E #64-0495 commander bird of the 41st ALS managed a picture perfect performance during the Pope AFB and Ft. Bragg Open House on October 14, 1995. [USAF photo by TSGT. Howard Blair]
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    Local Ethiopians near the village of Bilate in southern Ethiopia come out to view USAF C-130H #74-1667 on December 28, 2006 and deployed from Dyess AFB, Texas that landed on a remote dirt landing strip to deliver passengers and cargo. [USAF photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers]
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    The new Compass Call Block 30 Aircraft arrives at Davis-Monthan AFB. Compass Call is a communications jamming EC-130H Hercules. The aircraft pictured here is #73-1592 photographed on February 18, 1997. [USAF photo by Airman Elizabeth J. Harris]
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    USAF Captain Jeff Burrell, Officer in Charge of Logistics Plans and Cargo Movement, from Headquarters United States Air Forces Europe, Logistics Branch, Ramstein AB, Germany, marshalls in C-130E #64-17681 Keen Sage, aerial assessment aircraft, that allows the Air Force to provide needed color video imagery of the flood damaged roads and lines of communication, to the Government of Mozambique, Africa on 16 March 2000. The aircraft and its crews are deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa. [USAF photo by SSGT Ken Bergmann]
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    USAF C-130E #68-10935 from the 37th AS, Ramstein AB Germany, Deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, laden with humanitarian relief supplies departs on another mission to deliver much needed supplies to Beira, Mozambique on 17 March 2000. The team is deployed here in a humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding. [USAF photo by SSGT Ken Bergmann]
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    105mm towed howitzer M119A1, on a flatbed "K" loader at the rear of C-130E #68-10938 from the 37th AS. Cargo is to be dropped at Bunker Hill Drop Zone, Grafenwohr, Germany, in Exercise Lion Drop 12 in August of 2000. [USAF photo by SSGT Ken Bergmann]
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    A heavy M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle cargo/troop carrier, rigged for airdrop on a flatbed "K" loader behind C-130E #68-10935 of the 37th AS. Vehicle is to be dropped at Bunker Hill Drop Zone, Grafenwohr, Germany, in Exercise Lion Drop 12 in August of 2000. [USAF photo by SSGT Ken Bergmann]
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    USAF C-130E #64-17681 from the 37th AS, Ramstein AB, Germany loaded with troops from the 1st of the 508th Airborne Battalion Combat Team takes off heading towards the drop zone in Grafenwohr, Germany in August of 2000. This mission is in direct support of Operation Lion Drop 12. [USAF photo by A1C Bradley C. Church]
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    The 15th AF Change of Command Ceremony took place on a warm and sunny day on the flightline at Travis AFB, California on November 1, 1999. Immediately after the Change of Command was the official retirement of Lieutenant General John B. Sams, the previous 15th AF Commander. This view from the tower shows all planes flown in the Air Mobility Command inventory at that time. [USAF photo by civilian Scott Dreier]
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    USAF C-130E #64-17681 at Aviano AB, Italy on June 5, 2000 for a Veneto Rescue exercise. Veneto Rescue is a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation that simulates the extraction of American citizens or designated third-country nationals from a fictitious, politically troubled country. [USAF photo by SRA Deliea A. Castillo]
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    Close up of USAF C-130E #64-17681 at Aviano AB, Italy on June 5, 2000 for a Veneto Rescue exercise. Veneto Rescue is a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation that simulates the extraction of American citizens or designated third-country nationals from a fictitious, politically troubled country. [USAF photo by SRA Deliea A. Castillo]