Editing Lockheed C-130 Hercules (section)

==Aircraft on display==

===Argentina===
* C-130B FAA TC-60. ex USAF 61-0964 received in February 1992 now at [[Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina|Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica]] since September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Details for C-130 #3656 |url=http://www.c-130.net/aircraft-database/C-130/airframe-profile/6627/ |website=C-130.net |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>

===Australia===
* C-130A RAAF A97-214 used by 36 Squadron from early 1959, withdrawn from use late 1978. Stored at RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airforce.gov.au/sites/g/files/net3736/f/minisite/static/1469/RAAFmuseum/exhibitions/external/lockheed1.htm|title=Lockheed C-130A Hercules A97-214|publisher=airforce.gov.au|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326161717/https://www.airforce.gov.au/sites/g/files/net3736/f/minisite/static/1469/RAAFmuseum/exhibitions/external/lockheed1.htm|archive-date=26 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Airframe scrapped in February 2022. Cockpit section preserved and gifted to National Vietnam Veterans Museum, Phillip Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.key.aero/article/last-australian-c-130a-scrapped|title=Last Australian C-130A scrapped|date=16 April 2022 |publisher=key.aero|access-date=16 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627203019/https://www.key.aero/article/last-australian-c-130a-scrapped|archive-date=27 June 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
* C-130E RAAF A97-160 used by 37 Squadron from August 1966, withdrawn from use November 2000; to [[RAAF Museum]], 14 November 2000, cocooned as of September 2005.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 62}}
*C-130H A97-011 delivered in October 1978, withdrawn from use December 2012 to [[RAAF Museum]], Point Cook where it is currently on display.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airforce.gov.au/community/visit-and-learn/raaf-museum/exhibitions|title=Exhibitions - Royal Australia Air Force Museum|publisher=airforce.gov.au|access-date=16 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410152358/https://www.airforce.gov.au/community/visit-and-learn/raaf-museum/exhibitions|archive-date=10 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Belgium ===
* C-130H Belgian Air Component tailnumber CH13 in service from 2009 until May 2021 is on display at the [[Beauvechain Air Base]] at the First Wing Historical Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://1winghistoricalcentre.be/|title=1WING HISTORICAL CENTRE Beauvechain - Bienvenue Welkom|website=1winghistoricalcentre.be}}</ref>

===Brazil===
* C-130H Brazilian Air Force FAB-2453 is on display at the [[Museu Aeroespacial]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]] since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.fab.mil.br/musal/index.php/aeronaves-em-exposicao/55-avioes/391-c-130|title=C-130H Hércules Lockheed Aircraft Corporation|website=MUSAL}}</ref>

===Canada===
* CC-130E RCAF 10313 (later 130313) is on display at the [[National Air Force Museum of Canada]], [[CFB Trenton]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hercules National Air Force Museum of Canada|url=http://airforcemuseum.ca/en/aircraft-2/hercules|website=National Air Force Museum of Canada|access-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210105149/http://airforcemuseum.ca/en/aircraft-2/hercules|archive-date=10 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* CC-130E RCAF 10307 (later 130307) is on display in the Reserve Hangar at the [[Canada Aviation and Space Museum]], Ottawa, Ontario<ref>{{cite web|title=Lockheed CC-130E Hercules|url=https://ingeniumcanada.org/artifact/lockheed-cc-130e-hercules|website=Ingenium Collection Highlights CC-103E|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
* CC-130E RCAF 130328 is on display at the [[Greenwood Aviation Museum]], [[CFB Greenwood]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hercules Greenwood Military Aviation Museum|url=http://www.gmam.ca/3-planes.html|website=Greenwood Military Aviation Museum|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>

===Colombia===
* C-130B FAC 1010 (serial number 3521) moved on 14 January 2016 to the Colombian Aerospace Museum in [[Tocancipá]], [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]], for static display.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/Blogvorm/museo-aeroespacial-colombiano/|title=Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano Tocancipá, Colombia|work=Aviationmuseum|access-date=26 May 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
* C-130B FAC1011 (serial number 3585, ex 59–1535) preserved at the Colombian Air and Space Museum within [[El Dorado International Airport|CATAM AFB]], [[Bogotá]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aviacol.net/historia-aviacion/el-museo-aeroespacial-colombiano.html|title=El Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano|last=TOPPER|first=Javier Franco|newspaper=El portal de la Aviación|language=es-ES|access-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051631/http://www.aviacol.net/historia-aviacion/el-museo-aeroespacial-colombiano.html|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Indonesia===
* C-130B Indonesian Air Force A-1301 preserved at Sulaeman Airstrip, Bandung. Also occasionally used for [[Paskhas]] Training. The airplane is relocated to Air Force Museum in Yogyakarta in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tni-au.mil.id/fuselage-c-130-hercules-1301-dalam-perjalanan-ke-muspusdirla/|title=Fuselage C-130 Hercules A-1301 Dalam Perjalanan ke Muspusdirla|last=Dispenau|website=TNI AU – TNI Angkatan Udara|access-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330131626/https://tni-au.mil.id/fuselage-c-130-hercules-1301-dalam-perjalanan-ke-muspusdirla/|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===New Zealand===
* C-130H(NZ) [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]],<ref>{{cite web |title=C-130H(NZ) Hercules |url=https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/our-equipment/aircraft/c-130hnz-hercules/ |website=[[New Zealand Defence Force]] |access-date=20 February 2025}}</ref> aircraft NZ7001 was retired to the [[Air Force Museum of New Zealand|Air Force Museum]] making its final delivery flight into [[Wigram Aerodrome|Wigram]] on 19 February 2025, following 60 years service.<ref>{{cite news |title=C-130H Hercules lands in Christchurch |url=https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360587347/c-130h-hercules-lands-christchurch |access-date=20 February 2025 |publisher=The Press, Christchurch |date=19 February 2025}}</ref>

===Norway===
* C-130H Royal Norwegian Air Force 953 was retired on 10 June 2007 and moved to the Air Force museum at Oslo Gardermoen in May 2008.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 73}}

===Philippines===
* L-100-20 4512 Philippine Air Force on display at Mactan Air Base aircraft park.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airhistory.net/photo/738870/4512 | title=Aircraft Photo of 4512 &#124; Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules (382E) &#124; Philippines - Air Force &#124; AirHistory.net #738870 }}</ref>

=== Poland ===

* C-130E number 1503 (serial number 70-1272), formerly operated by [[Polish Air Force]] and stationed at [[33rd Air Base]], retired on 30 July 2024. It is currently on display at the Polish Air Force Museum in Dęblin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OBLECIAŁ CAŁY ŚWIAT, BY WYLĄDOWAĆ W DĘBLINIE: SAMOLOT C-130 HERCULES W MUZEUM SIŁ POWIETRZNYCH |url=https://muzeumsp.pl/aktualnosci/oblecial-caly-swiat-by-wyladowac-w-deblinie-samolot-c-130-hercules-w-muzeum-sil-powietrznych/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=MUZEUM SIŁ POWIETRZNYCH W DĘBLINIE |language=pl-PL}}</ref>

===Saudi Arabia===
[[File:C-130 at Riyath Air base Museum.jpg|thumb|C-130H at the [[Royal Saudi Air Force Museum]]]]
* C-130H RSAF 460 was operated by 4 Squadron [[Royal Saudi Air Force]] from December 1974 until January 1987. It was damaged in a fire at [[Jeddah]] in December 1989. Restored for ground training by August 1993. At [[Royal Saudi Air Force Museum]], November 2002, restored for ground display by using a tail from another C-130H.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 85}}

===United Kingdom===
* Hercules C3 ''XV202'' that served with the Royal Air Force from 1967 to 2011, is on display at the [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200727070751/http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/news/article.cfm?headline=Hercules%20makes%20final%20flight%20into%20Cosfordm "Hercules makes final flight into Cosford"]. ''Royal Air Force Museum''. Retrieved 22 September 2011.</ref>

===United States===
[[File:23-04-199-C130E.jpg|thumb|C-130E at the [[Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)|Museum of Aviation]]]]
* GC-130A, AF Ser. No. 55-037 used by the 773 TCS, 483 TCW, 315 AD, 374 TCW, 815 TAS, 35 TAS, 109 TAS, belly-landed at Duluth, Minnesota, April 1973, repaired; 167 TAS, 180 TAS, to Chanute Technical Training Center as GC-130A, May 1984; now displayed at [[Museum of Missouri Military History]], [[Missouri National Guard]] Ike Skelton Training Center, [[Jefferson City, Missouri]]. Previously displayed at [[Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum]], (former) [[Chanute AFB]], [[Rantoul, Illinois]] until museum closed.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 7}}<ref>{{cite web|title=USAF Serial Number Search (55-037)|url=http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1955.html|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216050542/http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1955.html|archive-date=16 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* C-130A, AF Ser. No. 56-0518 used by the 314 TCW, 315 AD, 41 ATS, 328 TAS; to [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] 435 Transport Squadron, November 1972; holds the C-130 record for taking off with the most personnel on board, during the evacuation of SVN, 29 April 1975, with 452. Returned to USAF, 185 TAS, 105 TAS; Flown to [[Little Rock AFB]] on 28 June 1989. It was converted to a static display at the LRAFB Visitor Center, Arkansas by Sept. 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlyinark.com/culture/last-herk-vietnam/|title=The Last Herk Out of Vietnam – Only in Arkansas|date=16 June 2017|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121125842/http://onlyinark.com/culture/last-herk-vietnam/|archive-date=21 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* C-130A, AF Ser. No. 57-0453 was operated from 1958 to 1991, last duty with 155th TAS, 164th TAG, [[Tennessee Air National Guard]], Memphis International Airport/ANGB, Tennessee, 1976–1991, named "Nite Train to Memphis"; to AMARC in December 1991, then sent to Texas for modification into a replica of C-130A-II Dreamboat aircraft, AF Ser. No. 56-0528, [[1958 C-130 shootdown incident|shot down by Soviet fighters]] in Soviet airspace near [[Yerevan, Armenia]] on 2 September 1958, while on [[ELINT]] mission with loss of all crew, displayed in [[National Vigilance Park]], [[National Security Agency]] grounds, [[Fort George Meade]], [[Maryland]].{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 14}}
* C-130B, AF Ser. No. 59-0528 was operated by [[145th Airlift Wing]], [[North Carolina Air National Guard]]; placed on static display at [[Charlotte Air National Guard Base]], North Carolina in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.145aw.ang.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp?galleryID=10575|title=145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina ANG – Media Gallery|access-date=4 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225150829/http://www.145aw.ang.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp?galleryID=10575|archive-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
* C-130D, AF Ser. No. 57-0490 used by the 61st TCS, 17th TCS, 139th TAS with skis, July 1975 – April 1983; to [[AMARC|MASDC]], 1984–1985, GC-130D ground trainer, [[Chanute AFB]], [[Illinois]], 1986–1990; When Chanute AFB closed in September 1993, it moved to the [[Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum]] (former [[Chanute AFB]]), [[Rantoul, Illinois]]. In July 1994, it moved to the [[Empire State Aerosciences Museum]], [[Schenectady County Airport]], New York, until placed on the gate at [[Stratton Air National Guard Base]] in October 1994.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 16}}
* NC-130B, AF Ser. No. 57-0526 was the second B model manufactured, initially delivered as JC-130B; assigned to 6515th Organizational Maintenance Squadron for flight testing at [[Edwards AFB]], California on 29 November 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 in October 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]], Utah in Jan. 1987 and used as electronic testbed and cargo transport; aircraft retired January 1994 with 11,000+ flight hours and moved to [[Hill Aerospace Museum]] at [[Hill AFB]] by January 1994.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 19}}
* C-130E, AF Ser. No. 62-1787, on display at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]], [[Wright-Patterson AFB]], Ohio, was flown to the museum on 18 August 2011. One of the greatest feats of heroism during the [[Vietnam War]] involved the C-130E, call sign "Spare 617".{{refn|The aircrew of "Spare 617" were: Capt. William Caldwell, pilot; Lt. John Hering, co-pilot; Lt. Richard A. Lenz, navigator; Tech. Sgt. Jon Sanders, flight engineer, loadmasters Tech. Sgt. Charlie Shaub and A1C Dave McAleece|group=N}} The C-130E attempted to airdrop ammunition to surround South Vietnamese forces at An Loc, Vietnam. Approaching the drop zone, Spare 617 received heavy enemy ground fire that damaged two engines, ruptured a bleed air duct in the cargo compartment, and set the ammunition on fire. Flight engineer TSgt Sanders was killed, and navigator 1st Lt Lenz and co-pilot 1st Lt Hering were both wounded. Despite receiving severe burns from hot air escaping from the damaged air bleed duct, loadmaster TSgt Shaub extinguished a fire in the cargo compartment, and successfully jettisoned the cargo pallets, which exploded in mid-air. Despite losing a third engine on the final approach, pilot Capt Caldwell landed Spare 617 safely. For their actions, Caldwell and Shaub received the [[Air Force Cross (United States)|Air Force Cross]], the U.S. Air Force's second highest award for valor. TSgt Shaub also received the William H. Pitsenbarger Award for Heroism from the [[Air Force Sergeants Association]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110914075138/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=18724 "Factsheet: Lockheed C-130E Hercules"].  ''National Museum of the United States Air Force,'' 29 February 2011. {{US Air Force}}</ref>
* KC-130F, USN/USMC BuNo 149798 used in tests in October–November 1963 by the U.S. Navy for [[Arresting gear|unarrested]] landings and unassisted take-offs from the carrier [[USS Forrestal|USS ''Forrestal'' (CV-59)]], 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.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 30}}
* C-130G, USN/USMC BuNo 151891; modified to EC-130G, 1966, then testbed for EC-130Q TACAMO in 1981, then changed to TC-130G and used by Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Three (VQ-3) for flight proficiency (bounce bird). In early 1991 it was transferred to AMMARG Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson, AZ. In May 1991 it was assigned as the U.S. Navy's [[Blue Angels]] USMC support aircraft, serving as "Fat Albert Airlines" from 1991 to 2002. Retired to the [[National Museum of Naval Aviation]] at NAS Pensacola, Florida in November 2002 where it remains on outside static display reflecting the BLUES colors.<ref name="olausson43" />
* C-130E, AF Ser. No. 64-0525 was on display at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at [[Fort Bragg]], North Carolina. The aircraft was the last assigned to the 43rd AW at [[Pope AFB]], North Carolina before retirement from the USAF.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 52}}
* C-130E-LM, AF Ser. No. 64-0533 – Taken in December 1964 by 314th Troop Carrier Wing, Sewart AFB, TN. Last assigned to 37th Airlift Squadron, Rhein-Main AB, Germany. Transferred to [[Elmendorf Air Force Base|Elmendorf AFB]] for display, May 2004. Marked as 53-2453.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
* C-130E, AF Ser. No. 69-6579 operated by the 61st TAS, 314th TAW, 50th AS, 61st AS; at [[Dyess AFB]] as maintenance trainer as GC-130E, March 1998; to Dyess AFB Linear Air Park, January 2004.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 74}}
* MC-130E Combat Talon I, AF Ser. No. 64-0567, unofficially known as "Wild Thing". It transported captured Panamanian dictator [[Manuel Noriega]] in 1989 during Operation Just Cause and participated in Operation Eagle Claw, the unsuccessful attempt to rescue U.S. hostages from Iran in 1980. Wild Thing was also the first fixed-wing aircraft to employ night-vision goggles. On display at [[Hurlburt Field]], in Florida.<ref>[http://www.codeonemagazine.com/news_item.html?item_id=320 "Combat Talon Dedicated"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927081358/http://www.codeonemagazine.com/news_item.html?item_id=320 |date=27 September 2011}} ''Code One Magazine'', 6 May 2011.</ref>
* C-130E, AF Ser. No. 69-6580 operated by the 61st TAS, 314th TAW, 317th TAW, 314th TAW, 317th TAW, 40th AS, 41st AS, 43rd AW, retired after center wing cracks were detected in April 2002; to the [[Air Mobility Command Museum]], [[Dover AFB]], Delaware on 2 February 2004.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 74}}
* C-130E, AF Ser. No. 70-1269 was used by the 43rd AW and is on display at the Pope Air Park, [[Pope AFB]], North Carolina as of 2006.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 78}}
* C-130H, AF Ser. No. 74-1686 used by the 463rd TAW; one of three C-130H airframes modified to YMC-130H for an aborted rescue attempt of Iranian hostages, [[Operation Credible Sport]], with rocket packages blistered onto fuselage in 1980, but these were removed after the mission was canceled. Subsequent duty with the [[4950th Test Wing]], then donated to the [[Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)|Museum of Aviation]] at [[Robins AFB]], Georgia, in March 1988.{{sfn|Olausson|2010| p= 91}}
* C-130H, AF Ser. No. 88-4401 operated by the Ohio [[179th Airlift Wing]] has been retired and is on display at the [[MAPS Air Museum]] in [[Canton, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title=Lockheed C-130H "Hercules" - MAPS Air Museum |url=https://mapsairmuseum.org/lockheed-c-130h-hercules/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>