USAF C-130 Photos



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    Two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft sit on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 29, 2017. Yokota is the only forward-based tactical airlift squadron in the Pacific region. They provide C-130 aircrews to conduct theater airlift, special operations, aeromedical evacuation, repatriation and humanitarian relief missions. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]
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    USAF C-130J-30 #15-5810 approaches the runway at Yokota AB, March 29, 2017. This is the second C-130J delivered from Lockheed Martin, less than a month after the first was delivered March 6th. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]
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    USAF C-130H #74-1692 from 36 AS flies over Combined Armed Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan on April 12, 2017, during a training mission. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]
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    SrA Walter Frank, 39th AS loadmaster, checks a C-130J before takeoff at Dyess AFB on May 3, 2017. About 20 Airmen assigned to the 7th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 39th AS participated in JADE HELM 2017. [USAF photo by A1C April Lancto]
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    Airmen back a Humvee into a C-130J at Dyess AFB, Texas, May 3, 2017. More than 60 Airmen and soldiers took part in the joint exercise, JADE HELM 2017, which simulates aerial drops of equipment and personnel. [USAF photo by Amn Kylee Thomas]
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    Airmen assigned to the 86th AMXS conduct a test on C-130J-30 #08-8605 engine prior to a sortie in support of exercise Juniper Falcon on May 14, 2017, at Nevatim AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Matthew Plew]
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    USAF C-130J-30 #07-8613 assigned to the 37th AS, taxis to park after completion of a sortie in support of exercise Juniper Falcon on May 14, 2017, at Nevatim AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Matthew Plew]
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    A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th AS makes a low-level approach during a sortie in support of exercise Juniper Falcon on May 14, 2017, at Nevatim AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Matthew Plew]
  • 170603-F-EQ901-0033
    Brig. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr., 86th AW commander, flies a C-130J-30 #08-8603 from 37th AS at Ramstein AB, past Mont Saint-Michel, France, June 3, 2017. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multinational amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history. [USAF photo by SrA Devin Boyer]
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    USAF C-130J-30 #08-8603 assigned to the 37th AS at Ramstein AB flies over the Atlantic Ocean en route to Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 2, 2017. The 37th AS took the same route the planes flew during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 73 years ago. [USAF photo by SrA Devin Boyer]
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    USAF C-130H #74-1674 assigned to 36 AS out from Yokota AB, takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska on August 14, 2015. [USAF photo by Alejandro Pena]
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    USAF HC-130J from 71 RQS Combat King II assigned to the 34th Weapons Squadron, USAFWS, Nellis AFB, lands on a dry lake bed during a composite mission application exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range, April 24, 2017. [USAF photo by SrA Joshua Kleinholz]
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    A USAF MC-130H Combat Talon II assigned to the 353rd SOG sits on the flightline after completing a mission during Exercise Teak Jet at Yokota AB on June 19, 2017. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]
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    A USAF MC-130H Combat Talon II assigned to the 353rd SOG sits on the flightline at Yokota AB on June 15, 2017, during Exercise Teak Jet. Exercise Teak Jet is a joint combined exchange training (JCET) focused on improving interoperability between the U. S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]
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    USAF MC-130H Combat Talon II crew members from the 353rd SOG conduct low-level flight training over the Hida Mountains, June 19, 2017, during Exercise Teak Jet. The aircraft features terrain-following and terrain-avoidance radars capable of operations as low as 250 feet in adverse weather conditions. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]