USAF C-130 Photos



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    USAF C-130J-30 #17-5897 sits on the flight line at Little Rock AFB on May 27, 2020. The historic aircraft delivery to LRAFB serves as the final C-130J for the 19th Airlift Wing and Air Mobility Command. [USAF photo by SSgt. Dana J. Cable]
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    USAF C-130J-30 #07-4635 from 37 AS participate in an Agile Combat Employment exercise at Spangdahlem AB on May 28, 2020. [USAF photo by TSgt. Joshua R. M. Dewberry]
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    Airmen assigned to the 58th AMU perform a pre-flight inspection of MC-130J #12-5759 from 415 SOS at Kirtland AFB, June 9, 2020. The aircraft is Kirtland’s first ‘Black Letter’ aircraft, meaning it has zero maintenance discrepancies. [USAF photo by A1C Ireland Summers]
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    USAF HC-130P #66-0220 from the 67 ARRS seen at the Ramstein Open House 1981, Germany on August 2, 1981. [Photo by Ed Groenendijk]
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    USAF C-130E #64-0542 from 317 TAW is seen during the RIAT 1991 at Fairford. [Photo by Ed Groenendijk]
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    USAFE C-130E #69-6566 from 37th AS is seen during the 1993 Mildenhall Air Fete. [Photo by Ed Groenendijk]
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    USAF WC-130E #64-0553 from 53 WRS is on the ramp at Keflavik on September 9, 1978. [Photo by Martin Pole]
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    US Coast Guard aircraft on loan to the USAF as NC-130H 87-0157 of the 6514 TS seen at the platform of Edwards AFB, California in April 1997. [Photo by Ed Groenendijk]
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    Retired USAF TSgt. Mark Benoit, a former crew chief with the 4th AMU, prepares to marshal AC-130U Spooky gunship #89-0510 at Hurlburt Field, June 26, 2020. Benoit was one of the first Spooky crew chiefs when the aircraft first arrived to Hurlburt in 1995. [USAF photo by A1C Hailey M. Ziegler]
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    The last AC-130U Spooky gunship to retire, aircraft #87-0128, also known as ‘Big Daddy’, is parked on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 26, 2020. On June 18, 2020, Big Daddy made history by becoming the first Spooky to ever receive a black letter initial. A black letter initial means that before a flight there were no discrepancies on Big Daddy’s status paperwork. [USAF photo by A1C Hailey M. Ziegler]
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    USAF C-130E #63-7885 from 37 TAS nose art seen when the aircraft was in the UAE during 1990. [Photo by Paul Jarvis]
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    USAF C-130E #63-7885 from 37 TAS nose art seen when the aircraft was in the UAE during 1990. [Photo by Paul Jarvis]
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    USAF C-130E #64-0502 from 37 TAS close up nose art seen when the aircraft was in the UAE during 1990. [Photo by Paul Jarvis]
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    USAF C-130E #64-18240 from the 435th TAW, Rhein-Main AB, Taxis to a stand in the UAE during Desert Shield. [Photo by Paul Jarvis]
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    USAF C-130E #64-0502 from 37 TAS nose art seen when the aircraft was in the UAE during 1990. [Photo by Paul Jarvis]