USAF C-130 Photos



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    USAF C-130J #08-5686 assigned to the 39th AS, Dyess AFB, performs a preflight check at Andersen AFB on February 5, 2022. [USAF photo by TSgt. Matthew Lotz]
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    USAF C-130J-30 #16-5843 from 36th EAS, taxi during Exercise Cope South 2022, on February 24, 2022, at BAF Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh. [USAF photo by TSgt. Christopher Hubenthal]
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    Airmen from the 55th ECG render their final salute to an EC-130H #73-1588, at Davis-Monthan AFB on February 28, 2022. The 55th ECG retired this EC-130H, tail number 588, into the 309th AMARG. [USAF photo by SrA Alex Miller]
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    Airmen from the 55th ECG pose in front of #73-1588 at Davis-Monthan AFB on February 28, 2022. [USAF photo by SrA Alex Miller]
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    USAF C-130J-30 #06-3171 from 317AW, departing NAS Ft. Worth on March 25, 2022. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    USAF MC-130J Commando II #12-5763 from 1st SOS refuels prior to military freefall and static line jumps during Balikatan 22 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines on March 28, 2022. [USMC photo by Sgt. Levi J. Guerra]
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    Six MC-130J Commando II with #10-5714 in front from the 1st SOS taxi down the flight line at Kadena AB on January 6, 2022. This was the first time the 1st SOS generated all seven aircraft to complete a formation flight during the biennial “Flight of the Flock” training event. [USAF photo by A1C Yosselin Perla]
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    USAF MC-130J Commando II #11-5737 assigned to the 1st SOS waits to taxi at Kadena AB on January 6, 2022. [USAF photo by A1C Yosselin Perla]
  • 220405-F-WF462-1021
    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron has returned to its roots with a return to a vintage paint scheme and 'Weather' markings on the tail flash, bringing the first of ten #96-5300 WC-130J Super Hercules back to Keesler AFB on April 5, 2022. [USAF photo by SMSgt. Jessica Kendziorek]
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    The aircrew from the 53rd WRS, Lt. Cols. Dwayne Russell, Eric Olson, and Bryon Hudgins, pilots, and Senior Master Sgt. Jay Latham, loadmaster, stand next to the WC-130J #96-5300, after returning to Keesler AFB on April 5 with the new vintage paint scheme and the 'Weather' markings on the tail flash. [USAF photo by SMSgt. Jessica Kendziorek]
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    USAF WC-130J #96-5300 assigned to the 53rd WRS at Keesler AFB, taxis to its parking spot on April 5, 2022. The aircraft’s arrival marks the first of the squadron’s 10 aircraft that will undergo a makeover of sorts as they revert to the glossy paint scheme they originally started out with in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [USAF photo by SSgt. Kristen Pittman]
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    USAF HC-130J Combat King II #13-5785 awaits the ground crew after landing at Moody AFB on March 25, 2022. After being dedicated as the 23rd Wing's Flagships, was dubbed "The Whale Shark". [USAF photo by SrA Thomas Johns]
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    USAF HC-130J Combat King II #13-5785 stands on the flight line after arriving at Moody AFB on March 25, 2022. #13-5785 was dedicated as the 23rd Wing’s Flagship and painted with the Flying Tigers teeth and eyes. [USAF photo by SrA Thomas Johns]
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    USAF AC-130J Ghostrider # 16-5837 assigned to the 4th SOS from Hurlburt Field, takes off from Edwards AFB on April 14, 2022. The aircraft recently underwent electronic weapons countermeasures testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility. [USAF photo by James West]
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    USAF AC-130J Ghostrider #16-5837 assigned to the 4th SOS from Hurlburt Field, is loaded into the Benefiled Anechoic Facility on Edwards AFB on March 17, 2022. The aircraft recently underwent electronic weapons countermeasures testing at the BAF. [USAF photo by Kaitlyn Steigerwald]