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February

28 Feb 1974 C-130E #5-122 of the Imperial Iranian Air Force crashed into mountain near Mehrabad, Iran.

April

20 Apr 1974 USAF C-130E, #62-1841, c/n 3804, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, crashed on take-off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and sank in the Pacific Ocean.

May

23 May 1974 L-100 c/n #4225, delivered September 1967, as Lockheed Aircraft Services, N759AL, modified to L-100-20, August 1969, sold to Saturn Airways, N14ST, named 'Bozo', October 1970. Modified to L-100-30, February 1972. Wing broke in turbulence at Springfield, Illinois.

July

4 Jul 1974 C-130E #5-8507 of the Imperial Iranian Air Force crashed at Shiraz, Iran on date believed to be July 4.

August

18 Aug 1974 C-130H #9T-TCD of the Zaire Air Force crashed at Kisangani, Zaire.
30 Aug 1974 L-100 c/n #4209, delivered April 1967 to the Government of Zambia, 9J-REZ, leased to Zambian Air Cargoes, April 1967. Sold to National Aircraft Leasing, April 1969, registered N921NA (in an FAA series usually assigned to aircraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), leased to the United States Department of the Interior, April 1969

September

30 Sep 1974 C-130E #63-7802, c/n 3868, of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed on landing at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

October

13 Oct 1974 WC-130H #65-0965, c/n 4106, built as HC-130H, delivered August 1965, to 48th ARRSq, November 1965; to 79th ARRSq, July 1966; to 36th ARRSq, December 1970; back to 79th ARRSq, 1971. Modified to WC-130H, 1974, assigned to the 53rd WRS, 1974. Disappeared in Taiwan Strait in Typhoon Bess, October 13, 1974.
27 Oct 1974 L-100 c/n #4234, delivered February 1969, sold to National Aircraft Leasing, leased to Interior Airways, N7999S, April 1969. Leased to Delta Air Lines, line number 300, January 1970. Leased to International Aerodyne, February 1971, then leased to Alaska International Air, registered N102AK, July 1972, but still marked N7999S, May 1974. Wing broke on approach to Old Man's Camp, Alaska. Accident report identifies airframe as N102AK.

December

18 Dec 1974 C-130A #56-0521 of the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) was destroyed on ground at Song Be, South Vietnam.
25 Dec 1974 C-130A #55-0016 of the South Vietnamese Air Force was shot down landing at Song Be, South Vietnam.