Vietnamese C-130 Photos

C-130A 57-0460 at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1972. The aircraft served with the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) from October 1972 to April 1975. During the fall of Saigon in 1975, it was flown from Tan Son Nhut Air Base to Singapore, carrying about 350 Vietnamese. Returned to USAF service in August 1975, it was assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, then used by the United States Air Force Air National Guard before being retired in 1989. Today, this aircraft is part of the National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C. [USAF photo]