USAF C-130 Photos



  • 2013 Spotlight Web C130B C 130B BoundaryLayerControl 001 1267828237 8045
    USAF C-130B was modified off the assembly line in Marietta, Georgia, as a prototype for a Short Takeoff and Landing transport for the US Army. This aircraft (#58-0712) was fitted with a boundary layer air control system that consisted of a wider rudder, single-hinged flaps instead of the standard Fowler flaps, and two Allison YT56-A-6 jet engines under the outer wings. Bleed air from the jets was blown over the flaps and rudder to enhance lift and controllability. First flown on 8 February 1960, this testbed was flown for twenty-three hours before the Army lost interest in what was to be designated the C-130C. The aircraft later served as a NASA research aircraft. [Lockheed photo]
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    The second C-130E to come off the Lockheed-Georgia Company assembly line in Marietta, Georgia, is shown on an acceptance flight over Alabama in this photo from 1962. The aircraft (#61-2359) was first delivered to the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Group at Sewart AFB, Tennessee. [Lockheed photo]
  • 2011 Spotlight C130 Flightline 001 1267828237 3350
    A lineup of USAF C-130As sits on the Lockheed-Georgia Company production flight line in Marietta, Georgia, in 1957 prior to delivery. One of the first Hercules built, complete with the original Roman nose, sits at the far left. The Hercules in the middle (#55-0005) would eventually be left behind at Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam, as that country fell to Communist forces in 1975. The aircraft to its left (#55-0007) was transferred to the Bolivian Air Force in 1988. The C-130A in the foreground (#55-0009) was destroyed in a rocket attack at Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, in 1967. [Lockheed photo]
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    USAF MC-130H #86-1699 from 550 SOS seen landing at Nellis AFB on April 21, 2010. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
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    USAF C-130J #94-8151 from 48 AS seen recovering to Nellis AFB during MAFEX 09-1 on May 20, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • TheRock 07-4638 2014-03-17a
    USAF C-130J #07-4638 from 41 AS seen overhead at Nellis AFB on March 17, 2014. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • usaf 90-0167 2008-06-09 ac
    USAF AC-130U #90-0167 from 4 SOS seen recovering to Nellis AFB during ME 08-1 on June 9, 2008. [Photo Bruce Smith]
  • usaf 90-0165 2012-12-09b AC130
    USAF AC-130U #90-0165 from 4 SOS seen recovering to Nellis AFB during ME 12-2 on December 9, 2012. [Photo Bruce Smith]
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    USAF AC-130A #54-1623 (c/n 310) during its move from Dobbins ARB, Georgia, to the Marietta Museum of History’s Aviation Wing, Georgia on August 10, 2013. [Lockheed photo]
  • RS 08-8604 2009-11-19
    USAF C-130J #08-8604 from 37 AS seen departing from Nellis AFB during MAFEX 09-2 on November 19, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
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    USAF C-130J #08-8606 from 37 AS seen recovering to Nellis AFB during MAFEX 09-2 on November 18, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • RS 08-8607 2010-11-17
    USAF C-130J #08-8607 from 37 AS seen recovering to Nellis AFB during MAFEX 10-2 on November 17, 2010. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • usaf 88-1305 2009-02-13
    USAF MC-130W #88-1305 from 73 SOS seen landing at Nellis AFB on February 13, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • usaf 88-1301 2009-11-05
    USAF MC-130W #88-1301 from 73 SOS seen launching from Nellis on November 5, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
  • usaf 88-0264 2009-09-03b
    USAF MC-130H #88-0264 from 1 SOS seen landing at Nellis on September 3, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]