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 9, 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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I used to work with a group of ex-USAF transport pilots who used to always tell me: I'd rather be lucky than good, anyday
-- Unknown
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AC-130 Prototype
USAF #54-626
C-130A
Prototype for the AC-130A but the 'AC' part was never designated. Modifications were done at Wright-Patterson AFB by Aeronautical Systems Division during March and April of 1967. Testing was then done in mid 1967 at Eglin AFB, Florida. Starting September 21, 1967 the aircraft did a 3 month combat deployment to test the aircrafts capability in a real combat environment and operated out of Nha Trang AB, South Vietnam. Often carried tail number 0-41626.
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Callsign "Skunk"

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