USN and USMC C-130 Photos



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    KC-130F 148246 shortly after take off during an air show in June of 1985 at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. [USMC photo by SGT T.K. Burch]
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    KC-130R #160626 from VGMR-252 is loaded with equipment and supplies for the 4th Marine Amphibious Brigade in March of 1987 during Exercise Cold Winter 87. [USMC photo by CPL. D. J. Gonzales]
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    USMC KC-130F #160625 from VMGR-252 in flight on January 8, 1982 near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. [USMC photo by PH2 E.C. Nocciolo]
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    USN DC-130A #570497 with two BQM-34S targets mounted under the wing, taking off en route to the Pacific Missile Test Center Range on January 27, 1983 from NAS Point Mugu, California. [USMC photo by Phan Sherri Delong]
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    An air-to-air view on July 4, 1984 of USMC KC-130F #149806 assigned to the Blue Angels flight demonstration team. [USMC photo by PH2 Paul O?Mara]
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    The Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron KC-130F #149806 unofficially known as "Fat Albert" makes a jet-assisted takeoff on September 20, 1984. [USMC photo]
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    USN EC-130Q #159469 flown by VQ-4 Naval Air Training Center at Patuxent River, Maryland on November 5, 1984. The squadron is part of the TACAMO (Take Charge and Move Out) system. [USMC photo]
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    USN DC-130 #158228 drone aircraft carrying three BQM-34S Firebee target drones under its wings. The aircraft photographed on July 29, 1986 is assigned to VC-3. [USN photo by PHCS R. L. Lawson]
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    USMC KC-130F #149806 from the Blue Angels Demonstration Squadron makes a jet-assisted takeoff during an air show celebrating the 75th anniversary of naval aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida on May 10, 1986. In the foreground a British Royal Navy FRS Mark 1 Sea Harrier aircraft rests on its fuselage after a landing gear failure forced a wheels-up landing. [USMC photo PH3 Paquette]
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    USMC KC-130F #149815 from VMGR-152 refuels a VC-5 A-4E Skyhawk aircraft during Exercise Thalay Thai 89. [USMC photo by PH1 Flynn]
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    Right side view of a BQM-748 target drone mounted on DC-130A #570496 on August 1, 1992 during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at NAS Point Mugu, California. [USN photo by Vance Vasques]
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    Right side view of a BQM-748 target drone mounted on DC-130A #570497 on August 1, 1992 during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at NAS Point Mugu, California. [USN photo by Vance Vasques]
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    Workers secure a BQM-74E target drone to a wing pylon of DC-130A #570497 during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at NAS Point Mugu, California. [USN photo by Vance Vasques]
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    USN C-130T #164993 sits snowed in at the Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada on April 3, 2001. [USN photo by PHC Charles M. Abell]
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    LC-130R #159130 attached to VXE-6 makes the squadrons final departure from Williams Field Antarctica on February 17, 1999. [USN photo by PH1 Edward G. Martens]