AFRC C-130 Photos • c-130 photography

AFRC WC-130J 96-5300 Hurricane Hunters from the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB have deployed to the U.S. Virgin Islands to assist the National Hurricane Center in tracking severe weather systems. [USAF photo by TSgt. James B. Pritchett]

AFRC C-130H 89-9103 from the 757th AS at Youngstown, Virginia competes in the air drop competition for Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 by dropping pallets on targets on July 23, 2007. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Rose]

AFRC C-130H 89-9103 from the 757th AS at Youngstown, Virginia competes in the air drop competition for Air Mobility Rodeo on July 23, 2007. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Rose]

AFRC C-130H 89-9103 from 757th AS Youngstown, Ohio taxi into McChord AFB, Washington on July 21, 2007 for Rodeo 2007. [USAF photo by Master Sgt. Richard Cassady]

AFRC C-130H-3 94-7320 of the 731st AS equipped with a modular airborne fire fighting system sits at McClellan Air Park, California on June 28, 2008. The aircraft is one of eight assigned to the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group, which is supporting state and local agencies in combating wildfires in Northern California. [USAF photo by Maj. Steven Burke]

AFRC WC-130J 96-5300 from the 53rd WRS at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi takes off to hunt another hurricane. The parent 403rd is the only Department of Defense unit with the designated mission of flying into hurricanes to gather critical data for the National Weather Service. [USAF photo]

Air Force One (VC-25 serial 82-8000) landing behind C-130H 88-4401 of the 95th AS assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 440th Airlift Wing. [USAF photo]

AFRC C-130H-3 94-7315 of the 731st AS taxis in after an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley]

C-130H 94-7317 from the 731st AS outfitted with the modular aircraft fire fighting system (MAFFS) for aerial fire fighting capabilities sit parked on a foggy ramp at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, in Camarillo, California on November 22, 2007. The aircraft and crews are on standby in anticipation of expected wildfires in Southern California with the return of the Santa Ana Winds. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Zuccaro]

AFRC C-130H-3 96-7324 of the 731st AS is the back drop for Staff Sgt. Nahteas Murphy (left) and Senior Airman David Mattox (right) who hustle out of the rear of another C-130 aircraft to post and secure a perimeter July 24, 2007. Sergeant Murphy and Airman Mattox belong to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's Fly Away Security Team. They fly with aircrew and land in undisclosed locations to provide security to USAF, and U.S. military resources. [USAF photo by Senior Airman Domonique Simmons]

Closest aircraft is an AFRC C-130H-3 serial 94-7316 of the 731st AS equipped with the modular airborne firefighting system taxis to the runway at McClellan Airfield in Sacrmento, California on July 5, 2008, to begin firefighting operations. If you look carefully you can still see the markings on the nose showing this is the 2100 Herk built. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Hector Garcia]

USAF WC-130J 98-5307 'The Spirit of Keesler' is unveiled at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. From left, Brig. Gen. Richard Moss, Clara Wolf, Charlot Morrison and Col. Greg Touhill unveil artwork naming one of the 403rd Wing?s C-130Js The Spirit of Keesler on April 22, 2008. General Moss commands the 403rd Wing and Colonel Touhill commands the 81st Training Wing. The two women and their sister, Isabel Miller, are nieces of 2nd Lt. Samuel Keesler Jr., an aerial observer killed during World War I for whom the base is named. [USAF photo by Kemberly Groue]

USAF C-130H2 90-9108 from the 757th AS sprays mosquito pesticide over Grand Forks AFB, on May 16, 2006 for the upcoming mosquito season. The 757th AS operates 8 C-130H2 aircraft out of Youngstown Ohio. The unit's aircraft have a capacity of 2,000 gallons; which can be delivered at a flow rate of 232 gallons per minute, at an altitude of 100 feet for a total spray-on time of 8 minutes and 30 seconds. [USAF photo by A1C Chad Kellum]

US Army Soldiers, from the 82nd Airborne Division, parachute from C-130H 88-4404 during the 11th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, on Pope AFB, North Carolina on December 6, 2008. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy]