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[edit]

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

maintenance[edit]

C-130J cleaning

unloading[edit]

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

countermeasures[edit]

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

firefighting[edit]

A C-130 fights wildfires

on ice patrol[edit]

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

Paratroopers[edit]

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