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March

4 Mar 1970 C-130B #24389 of the Pakistan Air Force, (6 Squadron), written off.

April

10 Apr 1970 C-130A #56-0510, c/n 3118, of E Flight, 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed into mountain on approach to Long Tieng, Laos, flown by Air America crew, nine killed.
10 Apr 1970 C-130A #56-0516, c/n 3124, of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, ditched, broke up in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa
22 Apr 1970 AC-130A #54-1625, c/n 3012, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, named 'War Lord', shot down over the Ho Chi Minh trail, near Ban Tang Lou.

July

30 Jul 1970 USMC KC-130F, BuNo #150685, c/n 3728, of VMGR-352, crashed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Lake Forest, California during misjudged maximum effort landing
31 Jul 1970 C-130E #62-1802, c/n 3756, of the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Group, crashed on training flight near Piggott, Arkansas, mission included stalls.

October

2 Oct 1970 C-130E #64-0536, c/n 4025, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed into Cha Tien Shan mountain after take-off from Taipei, Taiwan.
11 Oct 1970 L-100 c/n #4221, delivered July 1967 as Lockheed Aircraft Service Company N9248R; leased to Alaska Airlines, November 1968