USAF C-130 Photos



  • 07-4638SGAS
    USAF C-130J-30 #07-4638, from 41 AS is seen taxiing at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport on July 27th, 2017. [Photo by LW Baires Aviation Photography]
  • MC3-211
    C-130 65-0962? at Christmas Island in 1962. [Wg Cdr Peter McLeod]
  • MC3-219
    Christmas Island 1962. [Wg Cdr Peter McLeod]
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    USAF MC-130J #14-5795 assigned to the 9th SOS taxis during Agile Flag 21-1 at Hurlburt Field on October 27, 2020. [USAF Force photo by SSgt. Joseph Pick]
  • 201019-F-VE588-1010
    MSgt. Kevin Shafer, 16th AMU crew chief section chief, left, and SSgt. Joshua Ohienmhen, 16 AMU Non-Commissioned Officer in charge, stand in front of an AC-130W Stinger II gunship, Tail No. 1303, prior to the aircraft’s final flight before retirement at Cannon AFB on October 19, 2020. Shafer was Tail No. 1303’s Dedicated Crew Chief in 2009 while Ohienmhen served as the most recent DCC for the aircraft. [USAF photo by SSgt. Luke Kitterman]
  • 201019-F-VE588-1254
    USAF AC-130W #88-1303 Stinger II gunship, takes off on the runway at Cannon AFB, for its final flight prior to retirement on October 19, 2020. As a gunship, Tail No. 1303 made its claim to fame by being the first gunship to record a combat kill on Feb. 9, 2011. It then went on to achieve another milestone by having the distinction of being the first 105mm cannon-installed whiskey to confirm a 105mm kill in December of 2016. [USAF photo by SSgt. Luke Kitterman]
  • (16e) Pinnacle Pass3 5771 [20201107 Curt Jans] 2048w
    USAF C-130J #10-5771 flown by 347th AS aircrew at Pinnacle Mountain, Arkansas on November 7, 2020. [photo by Curt Jans]
  • 201112-F-ID976-1137
    USAF C-130J-30 #08-5705 assigned to the 39 AS takes off from the All American landing zone at Camp Robinson, Arkansas on November 12, 2020. [USAF photo by SrA Kristine M. Gruwell]
  • 76th Air Rescue
    USAF HC-130H #65-0982 of 76th Air Rescue based out of Hickam AFB seen here in 1968 flying over CVS-10 Yorktown. CVS-10 was on cruise which featured some filming for TV show "Get Smart" and the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" and notably the recovery of Apollo 8. An antisubmarine aircraft carrier part of CVSG-56, Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 56. [unknown photographer]
  • 08-5685 40AS KDYS 5-1-15 Snyder 33
    08-5685, 40AS, at homebase Dyess AFB, 5-1-2015. Photo by Keith Snyder.
  • 08-5724 40AS KDYS 5-1-15 Snyder 33
    08-5724, 40AS, at homebase Dyess AFB, 5-1-2015. Photo by Keith Snyder.
  • 74-2130 40AS KDYS 4-28-12 Snyder 33
    C-130H 74-2130, 40AS, seen at home base Dyess AFB, Apr. 28, 2012. Photo by Keith Snyder.
  • 74-1677 40AS KSHP 10-19-07 Snyder 33
    C-130H 74-1677, 40AS, taxiing in at Sheppard AFB, Oct. 19, 2007. Photo by Keith Snyder.
  • 08-5675 40AS KDYS 5-1-15 Snyder 33
    USAF C-130J #08-5675 of the 40th AS at home base Dyess AFB, Texas on May 1, 2015. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USAF HC-130H #65-0977, 67th ARRS at Moron AB, Spain in 1968. [Photo by Sgt. Steve Crawford - Jet Engine Mechanic]