C-130 Hercules

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English: the Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine military airlifter. The specialized variants include the heavily armed AC-130 gunships.

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

[edit] on the ground

[edit] loading

BAF Rodeo 98 Team members back a truck towards the cargo bay of their C-130

C-130 delivering it's cargo

US Paratroopers boarding a C-130 for their next jump

[edit] maintainance

C-130J cleaning

[edit] in the air

[edit] unloading

C-130 dropping troop support (MRE's)

[edit] countermeasures

MC-130 using flares

RAF C-130J employing defensive countermeasures over Iraq, 1 July 2003.

C-130E Hercules dropping flares

AC-130 Gunship dropping flares

[edit] firefighting

A C-130 fights wildfires

[edit] on ice patrol

USCG HC-130H

USCG HC-130H on International Ice Patrol

[edit] Paratroopers

C-130 dropping paratroopers

(nl: Hercules vliegtuig tijdens de dropping op de Ginkelse Heide op 16 september 2006)

US Paratroopers boarding a C-130 for their next jump

[edit] other countries

Egyptian Air Force	C-130 in Iraq	Swedish C-130	Spanish C-130
Dutch C-130	050619-Hercules-01.jpg Royal Danish Air Force C-130J, 2005	Hercules C-130H of the Royal Jordanian Air Force	Swedish C-130
RAF Hercules C-130K (C3)

[edit] fly-bys

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