C-130 Hercules

English: The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine military airlifter. The specialized variants include the heavily armed AC-130 gunships. The C-130 has been in service since 1956.

Italiano: il Lockheed C-130 Hercules è un aeroplano militare quadrimotore. Le versioni specializzate includono le cannoniere AC-130 notevolmente armate.

loading

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  BAF Rodeo 98 Team members back a truck towards the cargo bay of their C-130
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  C-130 delivering its cargo
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  US Paratroopers boarding a C-130 for their next jump

maintenance

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  C-130J cleaning

unloading

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  C-130 dropping troop support (MRE's)
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  RDAF C-130J during tactical air drop

countermeasures

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  MC-130 using flares
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  RAF C-130J employing defensive countermeasures over Iraq, 1 July 2003.
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  C-130E Hercules dropping flares
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  AC-130 Gunship dropping flares

firefighting

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  A C-130 fights wildfires

on ice patrol

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  USCG HC-130H
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  USCG HC-130H on International Ice Patrol
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  NSF

Paratroopers

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  C-130 dropping paratroopers
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  (nl: Hercules vliegtuig tijdens de dropping op de Ginkelse Heide op 16 September 2006)
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  (nl: Hercules vliegtuig tijdens de dropping op de Ginkelse Heide op 16 September 2006)
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  US Paratroopers boarding a C-130 for their next jump
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  Parachutists dropping out of Hercules-planes in commemoration of Operation Market Garden. Ginkelse Heide near Ede - 19 September 2009
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  Hercules-plane with parachutists in commemoration of Operation Market Garden. Ginkelse Heide near Ede - 19 September 2009
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  Two Navy SEALs preparing for a parachute jump exhibition over Denver, Colorado, United States, 2011.

other countries

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  Egyptian Air Force
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  Swedish C-130
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  Spanish C-130
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  Indian C-130J induction ceremony
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  Dutch C-130
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  Royal Danish Air Force C-130J, 2011
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  Hercules C-130H of the Royal Jordanian Air Force
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  Swedish C-130
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  RAF Hercules C-130K (C3)
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  Polish Air Force

fly-bys

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  C-130 over Santa Cruz island
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  An EC-130E Commando Solo II over the Statue of Liberty in New York
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  low flying
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  A KC-130H and two F-18 of the Spanish Air Force.
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  C-130 Refueling
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  Mike Goulian doing some acrobatics below a C-130 at the Reno Air Show & Races
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Cockpit

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  Inside the Cockpit
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  Inside the Cockpit

Drawings

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  Drawing of a C-130H
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  Drawing of a HC-130
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  Operators
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  3-view

Parts

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  RAF C4 propellers
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  Rear
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  wing

"Fat Albert"

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  C-130T Hercules "Fat Albert"
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  C-130T Hercules "Fat Albert"
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  "Fat Albert" Transporter of the "Blue Angels"

Accidents

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  Hawk accident 1
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  Hawk accident 2
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  Antarctica crash

all the rest

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  Lockheed C-130 Hercules
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  C-130, plane graveyard, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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  Left side
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  Left side
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  size comparison

AC-130

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  AC-130 Spectre with AC-47 Spooky
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  AC-130 Spectre gunship
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  AC-130H Gunship
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  AC-130 AZRAEL Angel of Death
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  AC-130 in May 1980

more

LC-130

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  Drawing of a LC-130
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  Antarctica landing
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  Operation Deep Freeze
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  Antarctica
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  Antarctica
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  Greenland takeoff

MC-130

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  MC-130J Commando II
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  Drawing of an MC-130H
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  MC-130H Combat Talon II
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  MC-130H Combat Talon II
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  Cockpit of an MC-130H
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  Cockpit of an MC-130H

JASDF C-130

 See also category: C-130 Hercules in JASDF service.

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  C-130 on runway
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  Normal color
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  Special color (dispatch for Iraq)
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  C-130 Cargo Plane
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  2009-Jan
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  Paratroopers dropping

Crews

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  First all female U.S. combat crew