USAF C-130 Photos

USAF C-130E 70-1264 of the 37th AS and its cargo sit at the airport in Warsaw on January 28, 2009. The 3,250 pounds of toys, books, and clothing for Polish Orphans was donated by Kaiserslautern Military Community for the "My House-My Future." [Department of State photo]

EC-130E 65-0989 with crew from left to right; Maj Kyle C. Forrer - Pilot, 755 OSS, Capt Daniel W., Pritt - Pilt, 42 ECS, Capt Ronnie K. Blount - Navigator, 43 ECS, 1Lt Ryan W. Ellis - Mission Crew Commander, 43 ECS, TSgt Everett L. Arnold - Flight Engineer, 43 ECS, TSgt Paul R. Hampson - Mission Crew Supervisor, 755 OSS SrA Sarah O. McRae - Airborne Maintenance Technician, 41 ECS, deployed to the 43D Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, in Southwest Asia, pose for a group photo in front of the EC-130H Compass Call Aircraft. This flight will be the squadron's 10,000 combat hour milestone in OIF. [USAF Photo by TSgt Edward D. Holzapfel]

A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 777 EAS, takes to the skies at Balad AB, Iraq during an OIF mission. The C-130 is deployed from Little Rock, Arkansas. Serial required. [USAF photo by SSgt. Tony R. Tolley]

The 'Fighting Gryphon' of the 43rd AW. When the 23rd Wing 'Flying Tigers' was re-designated the 43rd AW, the Operations Group Commander, Colonel Gordon Ettenson, wanted a distinctive marking to replace the shark teeth of the Flying Tigers that were being removed. A World War II veteran of the then 43rd Bomb Group who attended the reactivation of the 43rd designation carried with him a leather-covered flight log from the 43rd Bomb Group, circa 1943. Embossed in leather front was a rough depiction of a Gryphon (or griffin). Dave Davenport, a photographer with the Pope AFB Visual Information Support Center, reworked the logo into the design applied to the 43rd AW aircraft. Photo taken March 16, 1999. [Photo by Dave Davenport]

USAF EC-130H Compass Call 73-1588, assigned to the 42nd ECS, lands at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona on July 26, 2007, following its first training sortie. The 42nd ECS was re-activated in March 2006 as a flying training unit, tasked to provide all programmed flying training and positional upgrade training for 10 separate crew positions, executing 17 Air Combat Command syllabi to qualify more than 200 air crews annually.[USAF photo by SrA Christina D. Ponte]

The first USAF C-130J 08-8601 of the 37th AS, to be assigned to the Ramstein AB Germany fleet taxies under pressured water from two Ramstein fire trucks during a celebration ceremony, April 7, 2009. The J-model landed on Ramstein for the first time during a ceremony today held to not only honor the arrival of the new aircraft, but also a new era in operations for the 86th Airlift Wing. [USAF photo by A1C Kenny Holston]

USAF C-130J 08-8601 of the 37th AS landed at Ramstein AB, Germany for the first time during a ceremony April 7, 2009. The ceremony was held to not only honor the arrival of the new aircraft, but also a new era in operations for the 86th Airlift Wing. [USAF photo by SSgt. Stephen J. Otero]

USAF C-130J 08-8601 of the 37th AS, the first of 14 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft bound for Ramstein AB over the next 12 months, is marshaled to the runway Monday to depart the Lockheed Martin Plant in Marietta, Georgia. [Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin]

Gen. Roger A. Brady, USAFE commander, flies a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to Ramstein AB on April 7, 2009. Serial required. [USAF photo by A1C Staci Miller]

USAF HC-130P 64-14864 aircraft from the 81st Rescue Squadron lands on a dry lake bed during a search and rescue exercise in Grand Bara, Djibouti, April 23, 2009. [USAF photo by SSgt. Joseph L. Swafford Jr.]

USAF HC-130P 64-14864 from the 81st Rescue Squadron takes off from a dry lake bed during a search and rescue exercise in Grand Bara, Djibouti, April 23, 2009. The exercise included transporting pararescuemen to their water jump, aerial refueling of a CH-53E helicopter, an assault landing on an unimproved runway and transloading a simulated survivor from a helicopter. [USAF photo by SSgt. Joseph L. Swafford Jr.]

USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 374th AW, Yokota AB, taxis down the flight line at McChord AFB on July 18, 2009, after arriving for Air Mobility Rodeo 2009. [USAF photo by TSgt. Michelle Larche]

USAF HC-130P 65-0986 takes off from RAAF Base Richmond for a mission to refuel United States military helicopter during Exercise Talisman Saber 09 on July 17, 2009. [Australian DoD photo]

USAF C-130J #08-3177 which is the eighth of 28 C-130J takes off for Dyess AFB, Texas, on September 28, 2011. Dyess will become the largest operator of C-130J aircraft in the world in 2013. [Lockheed photo]

USAF C-130J #06-3171 being delivered to Dyess AFB, Texas on November 2, 2010. [Lockheed photo]