USAF C-130 Photos



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    USAF EC-130H #73-1583 flying under the project name Compass Call on January 12, 1989. [USAF photo by MSGT Bill Thompson]
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    95th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130E #64-0502 on September 23, 1988 while transporting supplies to missions in the Caribbean and South America. [USAF photo by Tech. SGT. Kit Thompson]
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    U.S. and Bolivian personnel unload C-130H #74-1667 from the 463rd Military Airlift Wing in May of 1987 during exercise Fuerzas Unidas. [USAF photo by SSGT. Kenrick Thomas]
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    USAF 7th Special Operations Squadron MC-130E #64-0523 on January 4, 1988 from Rhein Main AB, West Germany. [USAF photo by Master SGT. Patrick Negent]
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    Carrying soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, C-130E #63-7821 from the 317th TAW lifts off from the runway at the Camp Davis airfield, North Carolina in May of 1989 at the conclusion of the joint services exercise Solid Shield 89. [USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Scott Stewart]
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    USAF HC-130P #66-0216 of the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on January 14, 1988 conducts a refueling mission near Kadena AB, Korea. [USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Charles Reger]
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    Artwork on AC-130H #69-6577 of the 16th SOS which is based at Hurlburt Field, Florida photographed on December 18, 1990. [USAF photo by TSGT Fernando Serna]
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    NC-130A #55-0022 seen in January 1986 in flight with its Airborne Seeker Evaluation Test System (ASETS) turret in the extended position. The ASETS turret permits several air-to-ground sensors or seeks to be tested simultaneously, thus ensuring identical conditions for their comparative evaluation. [USAF photo]
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    USAF C-130E #64-0539 from the 317th TAW taxis along a dirt runway on January 23, 1991 during Operation Desert Shield. [USAF photo by Tech. SGT. Rose S. Reynolds]
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    USAF EC-130E #62-1818 during August 1989 and from the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron starts its engines prior to taking off on a SAR mission. The aircraft is electronically equipped to maintain communications between units taking part in SAR efforts for politician George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. A search was initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border. [USAF photo by MSGT Bill Thompson]
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    Cartoon character Yosemite Sam relays his message to Saddam Hussein from the side of C-130E #70-1264. The plane is transporting cargo and troops to the region during Operation Desert Shield. [USAF photo by Chief Master SGT. Don Sutherland]
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    C-130H #74-1669 from the 463rd TAW is prepared for a flight to Prague, Czechoslovakia on October 25, 1990 with a load of ground support equipment. The equipment will be used to unload 130,000 pounds of donated medical supplies from a C-5B Galaxy aircraft that will arrive in Prague later in the day. [USAF photo by SSGT David S. Nolan]
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    Medical supplies are unloaded from a 37th TAS C-130E #68-10943 on December 31, 1989 at the Bucharest airport. Provided by the 7th Medical Command, the supplies are part of relief effort for citizens of the revolt-torn country. [USAF photo by SSGT Perry Heimer]
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    "Desert Phoenix" adorns the nose of C-130E #64-0502 as seen in April of 1992. The art was painted by Sgt. Darrin G. Roush of the 435th TAW's aircraft generation squadron, Rhein-Main AB, Germany, during Operation Desert Shield. [USAF photo by Master SGT. Jose Lopez]
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    Roger Rabbit adorns the nose of C-130E #68-10935 in April of 1992 during Operation Desert Shield. Roger is a character in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit which was popular at the time. [USAF photo by Master SGT. Jose Lopez]