USN and USMC C-130 Photos



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    USMC KC-130R #160628 taxies after landing. [USMC photo]
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    USMC KC-130 #160240 on the ground at Belet Huen, Somalia on January 14, 1993, a field secured by Canadian Forces. The aircraft is from VMGR-352 at MCAS El Roro California. An aircraft crew member stands in front of the plane. A US Marine AH-1 "Cobra" attack helicopter flies left to right overhead. The mission of the KC-130s is to refuel the AH-1s keeping them in the air and allowing them to escorting a food convoy. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. [USAF photo by TSGT David McLeod]
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    US Air Force Airman John F. Spencer at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, drives a 10K forklift up to USMC KC-130F #148891 on April 4, 1997 to load a pallet of cargo at the Brazzaville, Congo airfield. US European Command deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war. [USAF photo by A1C Gregory L. Davis]
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    USMC Corporal Jesse Bunkers, KC-130R #160020, aircraft Loadmaster assigned to VMGR-152 awaits engine startup of his aircraft on May 17, 2002 at Utapao Royal Thai Navy Base, Thailand during the Exercise Cobra Gold 2002. [USAF photo by SSGT Jerry Morrison]
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    USMC KC-130 #148891 assigned to VMGR-252 is refueled at a forward operating location on May 8, 2002 in the Persian Gulf, during Operation Enduring Freedom. [USMC photo by MSGT John Nimmo]
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    USMC KC-130 #148891 assigned to VMGR-252 is refueled at a forward operating location on May 8, 2002 in the Persian Gulf, during OEF. [USMC photo by MSGT John Nimmo]
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    Two USMC CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters assigned to HMH-462 conduct aerial refueling on May 27, 2002 with KC-130T #164181 assigned to VMGR-152 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2002. [USAF photo by SSGT Jerry Morrison]
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    A USAF crewchief from the 64th Air Expeditionary Group marshals out USMC KC-130F #148247 carrying Qatari medical personnel and supplies on April 15, 2003 bound for humanitarian relief in Iraq. [USAF photo by SRA Joann S. Makinano]
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    USMC KC-130T #163591 of VMGR-452 stands on the flight line at Travis AFB, California on June 17, 1993 prior to a mission. [USN photo by PH2 Bruce Trombecky]
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    C-130T #164998 VR-48 as it takes off from the south runway on October 2, 1993 at Andrews AFB, Maryland on a training flight of this newly acquired transport. [USN photo by PH2 Bruce R. Trombecky]
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    C-130T #159348 taxiing down the snow runway after landing with Vice Admiral Robert J. Spane, commander US Pacific Fleet, for an inspection on November 17, 1994 and tour of research sites. [USAF photo by PH2 Edward Bushey]
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    USN LC-130R #159129/XD-03 of VXE-6 on November 17, 1994 and is used by American scientific groups engaged in various projects. [USN photo by PH2 Edward Bushey]
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    C-130T #159348 taxiing down the snow runway after landing with Vice Admiral Robert J. Spane, commander US Pacific Fleet, for an inspection on November 17, 1994 and tour of research sites. [USAF photo by PH2 Edward Bushey]
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    A USMC KC-130 #160240 assigned to VMGR-352, prepares for its next mission at an undisclosed forward operating base on February 12, 2002, while another aircraft assigned to VMGR-252 takes off on a mission to transport Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit back to Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan. [USMC photo by Chief Warrant Officer William D Crow]
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    USN NC-130H #870157 provides an in-flight test bed for a Radar Modernization Program under development for the next generation E-2C at Patuxent River, Maryland on October 28, 2002. [USN photo]