C-130 Hercules News
Eglin pilot surpasses 10K hours in the C-130
Ten thousand hours. It’s equivalent to 416 days, more than a full year of time. That’s the amount of hours Gary Hogg spent piloting the Air Force’s various C-130 Hercules models across his 41-year career.
Air Force legacy pilot visits beloved C-130 aircraft again
An Air Force legacy pilot who was part of the first C-130 demonstration team in the 1950s, recently visited the 302d Airlift Wing at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, for a tour of a C-130H aircraft.
NOAA awards contract for next-generation hurricane hunter aircraft
Today, NOAA announced that it has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, based in Georgia, for two specialized C-130J Hercules aircraft to become the next generation of NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft.
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C-130 Fleet Status
C-130 fleet - Oct 14, 2024
Fleet overview:
scrapped: 179
write-off: 351
preserved: 91
stored: 581
instructional: 157
on order: 3
active: 1311
Changes '23/'24:
Fleet adds: 11
Fleet drop: 45
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Today in C-130 history
14 Oct 1994
C-130E #2460 of the Brazilian Air Force (1 Esquadrão, 1 Grupo) was destroyed at Formosa, 60 kilometers northeast of Brasília, Brazil, when ammunition load caught fire in the air.
14 Oct 1987
L-100-30 #HB-ILF of Zimex Aviation was shot down after take-off from Cuito, Angola.

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When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
-- Leonardo da Vinci
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Last Operational USAF C-130A
USAF #55-022
NC-130A
Last operational flight of a USAF C-130A was on October 3, 2003 at Eglin AFB, Florida.
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Dub is short for W, and since the guy was kind of a dick P-W was short for p*n*s wrinkle.
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