Miscellaneous C-130 Photos



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    The C130 production team pose with one of recently built C-130J's outside the Marietta, Ga., factory on August 20, 2014. [Photo by Damien Guarnieri]
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    PAF C-130E #282 from 6 Sqn is seen showing nose art 'Hercules' on April 16, 2014. [PTV picture]
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    Mission of Love volunteers pose in front of C-130H2 #89-9102 that received the 'Global Humanitarian Support' nose art in the early weeks of April 2010. [Photo credited to Town Crier]
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    The 'Global Humanitarian Support' nose art that was unveiled on a C-130H2 #89-9102 based at the Youngstown Air Base during April 2010.[Photo credited to Town Crier]
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    Kathy Price with artist SSgt. Michele Kennedy who created the final design for the Global Humanitarian Support nose art, which was applied to C-130H2 #89-9102 in April 2010. [Photo credited to Town Crier]
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    Col. John J. Higgins, commander of the 107th AW, is doused by his comrades as he steps off of the aircraft following his "fini flight," his final flight as a navigator. It was the 107th AW's final flight in a C-130 before converting to the MQ-9 mission. [ANG photo by SMSgt. Raymond Lloyd]
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    SMSgt. Pat Nugent photographs crew members signing C-130E #70-1261 from 317 TAW after arriving at Kuwait City following the retreat of Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm on February 28, 1991. [USAF photo]
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    Electronic Warfare Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division and Air Force pose for photo behind the Compass Call aircraft for joint training with Army Electronic Warfare Officers on October 9, 2014 on Hunter Army Airfield. [Photo by Capt. Chad Ashe]
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    Lt. Col. Robert Dunlap, TSgt. Patrick McNamara, MSgt. Bryan Reed, TSgt. Stephen Esno, SMSgt. Scott Stoner, MSgt. Stephen Smith, MSgt. David Cales, TSgt. Brian Thompson, Lt. Col. Jeff Capretto and Maj. Patrick Cooney, all members of the 179th AW, Mansfield, OH, travel to Little Rock AFB. to pick up the final two C-130H Hercules, bringing their fleet up to a total of eight C-130's that have been assigned to the Ohio ANG unit. [ANG photo by TSgt. Joe Harwood]
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    Colonel Merle D. Hart (far right), commander of the 440th AW, and Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn (left), Deputy Commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, applaud as the nose art is uncovered during an aircraft Nose Art Dedication Ceremony at Pope AFB on August 25, 2009. During this ceremony the 440th AW dedicated aircraft tail # 86-0418 to the XVIII AB Corps to honor the history between the two units that dates back to World War II. [USAF photo by SrA Jacqueline Pender]
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    Colonel Merle D. Hart (right), commander of the 440th AW, shakes hands with Maj. Gen.Daniel Allyn, Deputy Commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, after presenting a miniature C-130 tail that displays the Bragg-Pope tail flash and the nose art designed for the XVIII AB Corps that is displayed on aircraft tail #86-0418. This was presented during the Nose Art Dedication Ceremony at Pope AFB on August 25, 2009. The 440th AW dedicated aircraft tail #86-0418 to the XVIII AB Corps to honor the relationship between the two units that dates back to WWII. [USAF photo by SrA Jacqueline Pender]
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    The first flight of the YC-130 came on 23 August 1954. During the sixty-one minute flight, the aircraft was flown from Burbank to the Air Force Flight Test Station at nearby Edwards AFB. Designer Kelly Johnson, whose thinking on the C-130 had changed dramatically as the aircraft was being built, flew in the chase aircraft, a P2V Neptune. [Lockheed photo]
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    Airmen assigned to the 182nd AW, Illinois ANG; Detachment 1, 52nd OG, from Lask Air Base, Poland; and Polish airmen assigned to the 33rd Transportation Air Base pose for a group photo after a training mission on October 24, 2014, at Powidz Air Base, Poland. The 182nd AW supported rotation 15-1 hosted by the Aviation Detachment. [USAF photo by A1C Dylan Nuckolls]
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    Two USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft assigned to the 182nd AW, Illinois ANG, and a Polish C-130E cargo aircraft sit on the flight line, on October 24, 2014, at Powidz Air Base, Poland. Roughly 50 Airmen and three C-130s from the 182nd AW, participated in bilateral training with the Polish air force hosted by the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment 1, 52nd OG, Lask Air Base, Poland. [USAF photo by A1C Dylan Nuckolls]
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    A USAF C-130 Hercules sits on the flightline prior to take off at Dobbins ARB on December 9, 2012. The 94th AW recently sent a C-130 to Red Flag-Alaska to pertake in training exercises. [USAF photo by Brad Fallin]