USAF C-130 Photos



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    USAF HC-130J #13-5790 Combat King II from the 71st RQS lands on the Bemiss Field unimproved landing zone on July 29, 2016, at Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range, Ga. This flight marked the first time an HC-130J landed at the ULZ on Bemiss Field, which was previously used for airdrops and helicopter landings. [USAF photo by TSgt. Zachary Wolf]
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    USAF HC-130J #13-5790 Combat King II from the 71st RQS takes-off from the Bemiss Field unimproved landing zone on July 29, 2016, at Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range, Ga. This flight marked the first time an HC-130J landed at the ULZ on Bemiss Field, which was previously used for airdrops and helicopter landings. [USAF photo by TSgt. Zachary Wolf]
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    USAF MC-130J #14-5797 is seen on its delivery flight from Lockheed Martin, Marietta heading to Hulbert Field to join the 1st SOG. This aircraft will be converted in into a AC-130J. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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    USAF MC-130J #14-5797 Commando II taxis down the runway at Hurlburt Field on August 11, 2016. This aircraft is scheduled to be modified into an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship in the coming months. [USAF photo by A1C Joseph Pick]
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    USAF AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, Block 20 model, #13-5772 is marshaled into a parking spot at Hurlburt Field on July 18, 2016. The AC-130J is the fourth generation gunship replacing the aging fleet of AC-130U/W gunships. [USAF by SrA Jeff Parkinson]
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    USAF AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, Block 20 model, #13-5772 shuts down after arriving to Hurlburt Field for the first time July 18, 2016. The Block 20 version of the AC-130J is modified with the 105mm canon and will be operationally tested out of Hurlburt Field. [USAF photo by SrA Jeff Parkinson]
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    USAF AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, Block 20 model, #13-5772 arrives at Hurlburt Field, for the first time July 18, 2016. This aircraft is the first of 21 AC-130Js with the 105mm canon modification scheduled to be delivered. [USAF photo by SrA Jeff Parkinson]
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    USAF C-130J #05-3147 of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron conducts missions out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan using C-130J Super Hercules out of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. Members of the 774th EAS deliver cargo and personnel throughout Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and NATO's Resolute Support Mission. [USAF photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman]
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    USAF C-130H #74-1692 assigned to the 36th AS taxis for takeoff at Yokota AB,on September 7, 2016. [USAF photo by A1C Baker]
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    USAF HC-130J # 09-5709 from 79 RQS, Davis-Monthan AFB, sits idly on the Nellis flight-line before preparing to take-off for a training sortie during Red Flag 16-3 July 13. [USAF photo by SrA Jake Carter]
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    Loadmasters and crew chiefs from the 67th SOS guide a rigid inflatable boat as it’s loaded onto MC-130J #11-5731 in preparation for a MCAD drop on September 26, 2016, at Stuttgart AB, Germany. Two of three MC-130Js from the 67th SOS were loaded for MCADS drops in participation with the 2016 Night Hawk exercise. [USAF photo by SrA Justine Rho]
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    C-130A #56-0523 seen on the ramp. Date unknown. [Photo courtesy of Lee Guilfoyle]
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    USAF EC-130H #64-14862 from 43 ECS Compass Call prepares to taxi on December 5, 2016 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. [USAF photo by SrA Andrew Park]
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    SrA Anthony Schoof, left, 36th AS loadmaster, and SrA Benjamin Campanella, 374th MXS crew chief, prepare a C-130H Hercules for takeoff during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen AFB, Guam on December 7, 2016. [USAF photo by SrA Elizabeth Baker]
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    USAF C-130H #74-1659 from 36 AS takes off during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen AFB on December 7, 2016. Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense's longest running humanitarian mission covering 56 remote islands in Micronesia. [USAF photo by SrA Delano Scott]