USAF C-130 Photos



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    USAF MC-130J Command II's assigned to the 17th SOS fly in formation February 17, 2016, off the coast of Okinawa Japan. [USAF photo by SrA Peter Reft]
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    USAF MC-130J Command II's assigned to the 17th SOS fly in formation February 17, 2016, off the coast of Okinawa Japan. [USAF photo by SrA Peter Reft]
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    USAF MC-130J Command II's assigned to the 17th SOS taxi down the runway February 17, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. [USAF photo by SrA Peter Reft]
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    An MC-130 Talon II, from Kadena AB, sits in the phase docks to be repaired at Yokota AB on February 19, 2016. [USAF photo by SrA David Owsianka]
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    USAF C-130A #57-0453, modified to represent #56-0528, on display at the National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade, Maryland. [wiki]
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    USAF C-130H #74-1682 from 36 AS takes off from Yokota AB, April 18, 2016. The 374th AW sent two aircraft in support of the Government of Japan in their relief efforts for the series of earthquakes that took place in the Kyushu region recently. The aircraft transported heavy vehicles and personnel from Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido to Kyushu. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]
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    USAF C-130H #74-1682 from 36 AS taxis down the flightline at Yokota AB, April 18, 2016. The 374th AW sent two aircraft in support of the Government of Japan in their relief efforts for the series of earthquakes that took place in the Kyushu region recently. The aircraft transported heavy vehicles and personnel from Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido to Kyushu. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]
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    USAF MC-130J #11-5729 lifts off from Eglin AFB, for a test mission. The aircraft has been fitted with vertical fins on each wing, called winglets. The 413th FLTS aircrew and engineers tested the modified aircraft over eight flights. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
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    USAF MC-130J #11-5729 waits for its next mission as another C-130 lifts off above it at Eglin AFB. The test aircraft has been fitted with vertical fins on each wing, called winglets. The 413th FLTS aircrew and engineers tested the modified aircraft over eight flights. The goal of the tests was to collect data on possible fuel efficiency improvements and performance with the winglets and lift distribution control system installed. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
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    USAF MC-130J #11-5729 waits for its next mission as another C-130 lifts off above it at Eglin AFB. The test aircraft has been fitted with vertical fins on each wing, called winglets. The 413th FLTS aircrew and engineers tested the modified aircraft over eight flights. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
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    Jeff Frisbe, a Lockheed Martin maintenance contractor, sends out modified USAF MC-130J #11-5729 for a test mission with a thumbs up at Eglin AFB. The test aircraft was fitted with vertical fins on each wing, called winglets. The 413th FLTS aircrew and engineers tested the modified aircraft over eight flights. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
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    440th AW continues to receive C-130 aircraft. Closest is C-130H #86-0419. [USAF photo by Lt. Col. Ann Knabe]
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    USAF MC-130J #08-6204 from 9 SOS is seen leaving Morón Air Base on March 11, 2016. [Photo by Antonio Muñiz Zaragüeta]
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    USAF C-130J #04-3142 of the 48th AS and marked as such as the boss bird departing RIAT 06 on July 17th. [photo by Mike Freer]
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    USAF C-130E #68-10937 of the 41st Airlift Squadron "Blackcats" from Pope AFB, North Carolina. on May 25, 1996 at Montreal's Mirabel IAP, Quebec. [photo by Alain Rioux]