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C-130 Timeline

C-130 Events from 1972 till present





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18 Dec 2016 C-130H #A-1334 of the TNIAU crashed into mountains in Kampung Minimo, Maima district in the East of the country, killing all 13 onboard. (Read more...)
19 Dec 1966 The first C-130K C.1 #XV177 delivered to the RAF.
30 Aug 2012 The first C-130J Super Hercules for the Sultanate of Oman is formally accepted at ceremonies at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta facility. (Read more...)
11 Feb 2014 A Algerian Air Force C-130 crashed today in the East of the country. 100 people on board were killed, with only one survivor. (Read more...)
19 Dec 2013 The C-130J Super Hercules program reached a significant milestone with the delivery of the 300th aircraft. The aircraft was ferried from the Lockheed Martins Marietta facility to the US Air Force.
30 Oct 1963 US Navy KC-130F #149798 was used for carrier suitability trials on the USS Forrestal making 29 touch and goes, and 21 landings and unassisted takeoffs just off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. This C-130 made history as the largest aircraft to land and take-off from an aircraft carrier but never became operational.
27 May 2005 First known C-130 to reach 45,000 flight hours is Canadian CC-130E #130315.
18 Dec 2013 C-130J number 300 delivered, an MC-130J Commando II 11-5737 assigned to the USAF Special Forces Command. (Read more...)
26 Jun 2013 Israeli receives first C-130J. The IAF bestowed the nickname “Shimshon” on its C-130Js. (Read more...)
28 Sep 2011 Lockheed delivers an entire order of 4 Qatari C-130Js in one day. (Read more...)
30 Jan 2012 2400th C-130 delivered. The aircraft was MC-130J Combat Shadow II 08-6201 assigned to USAF Special Operations Command (Read more...)
16 Feb 2012 The 250th C-130J is delivered. USAF aircraft number #08-5684 was delivered to Dyess AFB, Texas. (Read more...)
Dec 1956 C-130A joins the U.S. Air Force inventory.
7 Apr 1955 First production flight of the C-130 Hercules.
20 Jul 1972 The first Belgian Air Force C-130 (#71-1797) delivered for service with N° 15 Air Transport Wing.
28 Oct 1960 The RCAF's first Lockheed C-130B is officially accepted at RCAF Station Uplands, to be delivered to No. 435 Squadron at Namao.
25 Oct 2013 Last operational flights of the the final two of 66 Hercules C-130K transport aircraft delivered to the RAF – Hercules C3As XV177, callsign “Reynard 1” and XV214 “Reynard 2”.
5 Apr 1996 Lockheed Martin test pilots Lyle Schaefer and Bob Price take the first C-130J Super Hercules aloft for the first time from Dobbins ARB in Marietta, Georgia. That aircraft, an extended fuselage length Super Hercules, will be delivered to the Royal Air Force after testing is completed.
12 Oct 1999 The U.S. Air Force took delivery of its first WC-130J aircraft, a special weather reconnaissance version of the new C-130J cargo plane.
2 Sep 1958 C-130A-II, #56-0528 of the USAF 7406th Support Squadron was shot down by four MiG-17 fighters when it flew into Soviet airspace over Armenia while on a SIGINT mission, with all 17 crew killed. This was the first operational C-130 hull loss.
19 Sep 1958 C-130A #56-0526 of the USAF (317th Troop Carrier Wing at Évreux AB, France), had a mid-air collision with a French Armée de l'Air Dassault Super Mystère over Paris, France.
20 May 1959 C-130A #57-0468 of the USAF (815th Troop Carrier Squadron, 463d Troop Carrier Wing), crashed at Ashiya, Japan when it lost control during landing with single-engine failure. One crew and nine ground personnel were killed.
1 Jul 2012 MAFFS-equipped Air Force C-130H, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina ANG, Charlotte, crashed in southwest South Dakota while fighting the White Draw Fire, killing four crew and seriously injuring two.
9 Aug 1989 C-130H 74-1681, c/n 4654, of the 463d Tactical Airlift Wing, crashed while dropping M551 Sheridan tank at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
23 Feb 2009 An Algerian Air Force C-130 crashed, details not known.