AFRC C-130 Photos



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    USAF C-130H #92-3024 of the 910 AW at Westover ARB, Massachusetts. [photo by Tim Doherty]
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    USAF-AFRC C-130H2 #85-0040 from 357 AS showing nose art of the Auburn Tigers. Date unknown. [Photo by J. Cooper]
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    934th Airlift Wing nose art. (Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Bob Sommer)
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    The "Hurricane Hunters" from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., flew their first operational mission into a storm in WC-130J #97-5303 on May 20, 2005, gathering data about Hurricane Adrian off the coast of El Salvador. [USAF file photo]
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    USAF WC-130J #98-5308 on November 2, 2005 while members of the 403rd Airlift Wing depart Dobbins to return home to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Unit personnel were relocated to Dobbins as a result of devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina striking the Gulf Coast. [USAF photo by Donald Peek]
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    USAF WC-130J #96-5302 takes flight on March 5, 2012 at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. [USAF photo by Kemberly Groue]
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    USAF 700th AS C-130H #81-0631 prepares for approach and landing at Dobbins AFB, Georgia. [USAF Photo]
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    USAF C-130A #56-0500 from 440th TAW seen at NAS Key West on September 20, 1980. [Photo by Rick Morgan]
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    USAF C-130B #61-0951 from 924th TAG seen at Bergstrom AFB on August 4, 1979. [Photo by Rick Morgan]
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    USAF C-130H #74-1690 from the 463rd TAW is seen at NAS Key West on November 5, 1980. [Photo by Rick Morgan]
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    USAF C-130E #63-7883 is seen at Holloman AFB May 18, 1974. [Photo by Rick Morgan]
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    AFRC C-130H #94-7317 expels water during a capabilities demonstration April 23, 2012, here as part of annual Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II certification. The training is held annually to ensure the military aircrew members and ground crews are prepared for the upcoming firefighting season. The U.S. Forest Service sponsored training was hosted by the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing.[USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Butterfield]
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    Members of the 39th Aerial Port Squadron along with C-130 loadmasters assigned to the 731st AS push a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System unit on to C-130H #94-7318 on August 2, 2015. It takes about three hours to load and configure the MAFFS unit in a C-130 aircraft. Two Air Force Reserve C-130s were called up to support the U.S. Forest Service wildland fire fighting efforts in California and the Northwestern U.S. [USAF photo SSgt. Nathan Federico]
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    USAF WC-130J #99-5309 from 53 WRS sits on the flightline at Homestead ARB on August 27. 2015. Members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron out of Keesler AFB, came to Homestead ARB to gather data on hurricane behaviors by observing Hurricane Erika as it makes its way across the Caribbean. [USAF photo by SSgt. Jaimi Upthegrove]
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    A cargo pallet is dropped from C-130H #90-9108 from 757 AS over Camp Ravenna, Ohio on August. 27, 2015. The aircraft was taking part in a nine C-130 formation training mission. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Rick Lisum]