AFRC C-130 Photos



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    Two of the last five MC-130E Combat Talon Is sit on the Duke Field flightline adorned with American flags for the aircraft’s retirement ceremony April 25. Aircrew, maintainers and many others turned out to remember and bid farewell to the Talon I on its official retirement from the Air Force. The last five Talons, located at Duke Field, will be delivered to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB, by mid-May 2013. [USAF photo by TSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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    Aircraft 64-0565 served as the backdrop of the MC-130E Combat Talon I retirement ceremony at Duke Field, April 25. The Talon served as the lead aircraft in 1980’s Operation Eagle Claw, the attempted mission to rescue hostages in Iran. Aircrew, maintainers and many others turned out to remember and bid farewell to the Talon I on its official retirement from the Air Force. [USAF photo by TSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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    MC-130E Combat Talon I #64-0565 rolls down the taxiway at Duke Field on April 15, 2013, for their final sorties before retirement. The last five Talons in the Air Force belong to the 919th SOW and are scheduled to be retired at a ceremony on April 25. They will make one final flight to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB by the end of the fiscal year. [USAF photo by TSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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    MC-130E Combat Talon I's taxi back in to Duke Field, on April 15, 2013, after their final sorties before they are officially retired. The last five Talons in the Air Force belong to the 919th SOW and are scheduled to be retired at a ceremony April 25. They will make one final flight to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB, by the end of the fiscal year. [USAF photo by TSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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    CMSgt. Tom Mason, the 919th SOW command chief, enjoys his final ride back to base as an MC-130E Combat Talon I loadmaster after completing his and the aircraft’s last sortie. The last five Talons in the Air Force belong to the 919th SOW and are scheduled to be retired at a ceremony April 25. [USAF photo by TSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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    Aircrew from the 919th SOW admire their aircraft, MC-130E Combat Talon I #64-0565, in flight one last time April 15, 2013, during its final flight before retirement. [USAF photo by TSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
  • 130717-F-AL360-109
    Members of the 17th SOS salute as the aircrew of MC-130P Combat Shadow #69-5825 completes a final taxi before the aircraft's departure from Kadena AB, Japan on July 17, 2013, to Davis-Monthan AFB. The aircraft will retire after 44 years of active service and more than 18,000 flying hours. ([USAF photo by TSgt. Kristine Dreyer]
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    Six Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules roll down the taxiway on June 5, 2010 at Peterson AFB. After performing practice air drops over eastern Colorado, each of the aircraft joined together for a multi-ship formation training flight. [USAF photo by MSgt. Daniel Butterfield]
  • 120622-f-oc707-012
    Aircraft 64-0523 "Godfather" lifts off for its final flight on June 22, 2013 at Duke Field, Fla. The final flight will land at Cannon AFB, where 0523 will become a static display at the base’s airpark. The aircraft has the distinction of leading the Air Force’s assault force during the Son Tay Raid to rescue prisoners of war in Vietnam in 1970. [USAF photo by TSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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    MSgt. Kent Castro, of the 919th AMXS, marshals out Aircraft 64-0523 "Godfather" to its final flight on June 22,2012 at Duke Field, Fla. The final flight landed at Cannon AFB, where 0523 is scheduled to be a static display at the base’s airpark. [USAF photo by TSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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    MC-130E Combat Talon I #64-0523 sits on the flightline during an aircraft retirement ceremony at Cannon AFB, on June 22, 2012. This particular Talon I was the lead aircraft that performed a Prisoner of War extraction in North Vietnam called the Son Tay Raid in 1970. [USAF photo by A1C Alexxis Pons Abascal]
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    Trucks from the Cannon AFB, fire department aim their hoses over an MC-130E Combat Talon I, tail number 64-0523, on the Cannon flightline during an aircraft retirement ceremony, June 22, 2012. This particular Talon was the lead aircraft that performed a Prisoner of War extraction in North Vietnam called the Son Tay Raid in 1970. [USAF photo by A1C Alexxis Pons Abascal]
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    Soldiers of the East Africa Response Force load onto USAF C-130H # 94-7320 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to support an ordered departure in Juba, South Sudan December 18, 2013. At the request of the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Defense directed C-130 aircraft from the 731st Airlift Squadron, to move personnel from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to Nairobi, Kenya. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Micah Theurich]
  • 131120-F-XQ602-263
    C-130E #64-0539, the 934th C-130 affectionately known as "Frankenherc" is De-Militarized and processed for scrap November 20, 2013. The aircraft was a composite of several C-130s and was used for parts and ground training at the 934th. [Air Force photo by Keith Langsdorf]
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    C-130E #64-0539 being dismantled on August 13, 2013 by members of the 402nd Expeditionary Maintenance Group at Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, Minneapolis. [USAF photo by Keith Langsdorf]