USAF C-130 Photos



  • usaf 08-5697 2014-01-15a
    USAF MC-130J #08-5697 from 415 SOS seen departing Nellis AFB on January 15, 2014. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • FT 09-5708 2013-01-23a
    USAF HC-130J #09-5708 from 79 RQS seen lifting off at Nellis AFB on January 23, 2014. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • FT 09-5709 2014-02-28b
    USAF HC-130J #09-5709 from 79 RQS seen arriving at Nellis AFB to participate in Red Flag 14-2 on February 28, 2014. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • FT 10-5716 2014-03-03b
    USAF HC-130J #10-5716 from 79 RQS seen recovering to Nellis AFB during Red Flag 14-2 on March 3, 2014. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • RS 08-8602 2010-11-17 86OG
    USAF C-130J #08-8602 marked as 86 OG from 37 AS recovering to Nellis AFB on November 17, 2010. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • OT 09-0108 2012-07-24b
    USAF HC-130J #09-0108 from 85 TES seen arriving at Nellis AFB on July 24, 2012. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • usaf 08-6201 2014-01-21b
    USAF MC-130J #08-6201 from 522 SOS seen arriving at Nellis AFB on January 21, 2014. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • HurricaneHunters 97-5303 2009-03-25
    USAF WC-130J #97-5303 from 53 WRS seen departing Nellis AFB on March 25, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • HurricaneHunters 97-5304 2011-03-22
    USAF WC-130J #97-5304 from 53 WRS seen departing Nellis AFB on March 22, 2011. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • HurricaneHunters 97-5306 2011-04-08
    USAF WC-130J #97-5306 from 53 WRS arriving at Nellis AFB on April 8, 2011. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • TheRock 98-1355 2012-05-23b 314OG
    USAF C-130J #98-1355 from 48 AS (Wearing 314 OG markings) seen recovering to Nellis AFB during MAFEX 12-1. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • TheRock 98-1356 2011-05-18 48AS
    USAF C-130J #98-1356 from 48 AS launching from Nellis AFB during MAFEX 11-1 on May 18, 2011. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • TheRock 97-1353 2011-11-17
    USAF C-130J #97-1353 from 48 AS recovering to Nellis AFB during MAFEX 10-1 on May 19, 2010. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • TheRock 92-0553 2010-05-19
    USAF C-130J #92-0553 from 50 AS launching from Nellis AFB during MAFEX 11-2 on November 17, 2011. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • 2013 Spotlight Web JC130 120120 F DW547 016 1267828237 4472
    Fourteen US Air Force C-130Bs were modified in 1959 for a variety of test programs including midair retrieval of film canisters ejected from Discoverer satellites. Discoverer was the cover name of the CIA’s Corona reconnaissance satellite program. This image shows a JC-130B (Air Force serial number 57-0528) with the recovery gear deployed from the cargo ramp about to snag a canister during a training mission over Edwards AFB, California, in July 1969. The capsule and parachute would be dropped from another aircraft at 30,000 feet while the JC-130B crew waited at an altitude of about 18,000 feet. Crews from the 6595th Test Squadron at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, carried out the actual recoveries under a program called Catch A Falling Star. [Lockheed photo]