Re: Lockheed C-130 Hercules ( Suite )

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 13:45

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 13:45

Saudi Arabia

C-130H RSAF 460, c/n 4566

Operated by 4 Squadron Royal Saudi Air Force, December 1974, same January 1987. Burned on ground, air conditioner fire - in airfield corner at Jeddah, December 1989. Restored for ground training by August 1993, same March 2002. At Riyadh Air Base Museum, November 2002, restored for ground display. Tail swap with RSAF 473, c/n 5235.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 13:52

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 13:53

United States

C-130A USAF 55-0037, c/n 3064

Airlifter with 773 TCS, 483 TCW, 315 AD, 374 TCW, 815 TAS, 35 TAS, 109 TAS, belly-landed at Duluth, MN., April 1973, repaired; 167 TAS, 180 TAS, to Chanute Technical Training Center as GC-130A, May 1984, same, June 1990; now displayed at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul Aviation Complex, Rantoul, Illinois. as of November 1995, same, July 2006.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 13:54

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 13:55

C-130A USAF 56-0518, c/n 3126

Airlifter with 314 TCW, 315 AD, 41 ATS, 328 TAS; to South Vietnamese Air Force 435 Transport Squadron, November 1972; holds the C-130 record for taking off with the most personnel on board, during evacuation of SVN, 29 April 1975, with 452.
Back to USAF, 185 TAS, 105 TAS; gate guard at Little Rock AFB Visitor Center by March 1993, same June 2003.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:00

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:01

C-130A USAF 57-0453, c/n 3160

Various airlifter assignments from 1958 to 1991, last duty with 155th TAS, 164th TAG, Tennessee Air National Guard, Memphis International Airport, Tennessee, 1976-1991, named "Nite Train to Memphis"; to AMARC in December, 1991, then sent to Texas for modification into replica of C-130A-II 56-0528, shot down by Russian fighters over Soviet Yerevan, Armenia on 2 September 1958, while on ELINT mission with loss of all crew. Now displayed in National Vigilance Park, National Security Agency grounds, Fort George Meade, Maryland. Three-blade prop replaced later four-blade version.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:03

Trois pales, en effet !

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:04

C-130D USAF 57-0490, c/n 3197

Ops with 61st TCS, 17th TCS, lost no. 1 prop in flight, belly-landed, repaired, July 1975, 139th TAS with skis, July 1975-April 1983; to MASDC, 1984-1985, GC-130D ground trainer, Chanute AFB, Illinois, 1986-1990; Chanute TTC closed, September 1993, airframe to Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, Illinois, July 1994; moved to Empire State Air Museum, Schenectady County Airport, New York, placed at Stratton ANGB gate, October 1994, same, August 2008.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:05

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:05

NC-130B USAF 57-0526, c/n 3502

Second B model manufactured, initially delivered as JC-130B; assigned to 6515th Organizational Maintenance Squadron for flight testing at Edwards AFB, California on 29 Nov 1960; turned over to 6593rd Test Squadron's Operating Location No. 1 at Edwards AFB and spent next seven years supporting Corona Program; "J" status and prefix removed from aircraft Oct 1967; transferred to 6593rd Test Squadron at Hickam AFB, Hawaii and modified for mid-air retrieval of satellites; acquired by 6514th Test Squadron at Hill AFB in Jan 1987 and used as electronic testbed and cargo transport; aircraft retired Jan 1994 with 11,000+ flight hours and moved to Hill Aerospace Museum by January 1994, same September 2008.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:07

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:07

KC-130F USMC BuNo 149798, c/n 3680

Used in tests in October-November 1963 by the U.S. Navy for unarrested landings and unassisted take-offs from the carrier USS Forrestal, it remains the record holder for largest aircraft to operate from a carrier flight deck, and carried the name "Look Ma, No Hook" during the tests. Retired to the National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, Florida in May, 2003.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:08

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:08

C-130G USMC BuNo 151891, c/n 3878

Modified to EC-130G, 1966, then testbed for EC-130Q in 1981. To TC-130G in May 1990 and assigned as Blue Angels support craft, serving as "Fat Albert Airlines" from 1991 to 2002. Retired to the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida, November 2002.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:12

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:15

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:15

C-130E USAF 64-0525, c/n 4009

On display at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Aircraft was the last assigned to the 43rd AW at Pope AFB, NC prior to retirement from the USAF.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:20

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:20

C-130E USAF 69-6579, c/n 4354

Ops with 61st TAS, 314th TAW, 50th AS, 61st AS; at Dyess AFB as maintenance trainer as GC-130E, March 1998, same, May 2005; to Dyess AFB museum, January 2004.

par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:26

Quelques vues des premiers C-130A " roman nose", hélice tripale

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:27

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:27

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par Swift60 Mar 31 Aoû 2010, 14:27

C-130E USAF 69-6580, c/n 4356

Ops with 61st TAS, 314th TAW, 317th TAW, 314th TAW, 317th TAW, 40th AS, 41st AS, 43rd AW, center wing cracks, April 2002, to Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, 2 February 2004.

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