USN and USMC C-130 Photos



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    KC-130F #149798 featuring special nose at "Look Ma, No Hook" seen on the deck of the USS Forrestal CV-59. [USN photo]
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    KC-130F #149798 on the deck of the USS Forrestal CV-59 for carrier suitability trials. [USN photo]
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    USS Forrestal (CV-59) with KC-130F #149798 on deck for carrier suitability trials. [USN photo]
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    KC-130F #149798 takes off from the deck of the USS Forrestal CV-59. [USN photo]
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    The first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker assigned to a USMCs Reserve squadron was ferried on March 17, 2014 from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga. This KC-130J is assigned to VMGR-234 stationed at NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas. [Lockheed Martin photo by Damien Guarnieri]
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    The newest addition to the USMCs Reserve aviation fleet, the KC-130J, arrives during a ceremony at NAS Fort Worth JRB on March 18. The "Super Hercules" is the first of 12 new aircraft to be received by VMGR-234. [USMC photo by SSgt. Joel A. Chaverri]
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    U.S. Rep. Kay Granger stands before the newest addition to the USMCs Reserve aviation fleet, the KC-130J, during a ceremony at NAS Fort Worth JRB on March 18. [USMC photo by Cpl. Kirstin Rodgers]
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    US Navy tested the feasibility of operating a C-130 tanker off the deck of an aircraft carrier as a way to deliver oversize payloads such as a J79 jet engine. Here you see KC-130 #149798 on the deck of CV-59 the USS Forrestal. [Lockheed photo]
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    The fifth KC-130F Hercules tanker built seen during refueling operations with a pair of Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters each with a sling-loaded LAV-25 armored vehicle. This aircraft (Bureau Number 148248) entered service in 1961 and was assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 (VMGR-252) at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. [Lockheed photo]
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    USMC C-130J #166511 on September 17, 2007 flying along with two MV-22B Osprey. [Lockheed photo]
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    USN C-130T #164997 from VR-53 is seen launching from Nellis AFB on June 17, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
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    USN C-130T #164998 from VR-53 is seen launching from Nellis AFB on December 11, 2008. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
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    USN C-130T #164993 from VR-64 is seen launching from Nellis AFB on December 11, 2008. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
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    USN C-130T #164996 from VR-64 is seen launching from Nellis AFB on December 8, 2010. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
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    USN KC-130J #166472 from VMGR-252 is seen launching from Nellis AFB on July 10, 2010. [Photo by Bruce Smith]