C-130 Hercules / C-130J Super Hercules (Lockheed, USA)

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E-6B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Looks Like It’s Been Through Armageddon...

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Elösször azt hittem a képre nézve, hogy valami új álcaszín o_O

De, a cikkben van egy kis érdekesség is.

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Lockheed Martin artwork depicting a future C-130J-30-based TACAMO aircraft for the US Navy.
 
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Norway Receives First C-130J-30 Super Hercules Tactical Airlifter with Block 8.1 Upgrade...

The Block 8.1 upgrade contains software and hardware expansions that deliver greater global reach, enhanced navigation and additional defensive capabilities, which include:
  • A new flight management system that complies with CNS/ATM mandates, and includes vertical navigation with coupled auto throttle
  • Civil GPS
  • Ground power modes
  • Updated Identification Friend or Foe
  • CNS/ATM Data Link
  • Enhanced inter-communication system
  • Enhanced approach and landing systems
  • Expanded diagnostics
  • Improved PA system
  • Additional covert lighting
  • IAMSAR compliant search pattern programming
 
The Brazilian Air Force has officially retired its C-130 fleet on Feb. 29.

The iconic transport plane made its final flight for the Brazilian Air Force at Galeao Air Base with a Embraer KC-390 as its wing man.

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Lockheed Martin announced that the global C-130J Super Hercules fleet has surpassed 3 million flight hours...
  • These hours were logged beginning with the C-130J's first flight on April 5, 1996, through the beginning of July 2024.
  • Countries with C-130Js contributing to these flight hours include (in order of delivery) the United Kingdom, United States (the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard; Pallas Aviation), Australia, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Canada, India, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Tunisia, Israel, Kuwait, South Korea, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, France, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Germany.
  • Also contributing to these flight hours is the Lockheed Martin Flight Operations team, whose crews are the first to fly every C-130J produced, and the U.S. Air Force Defense Contract Management Agency crews that support C-130J test flights at Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics site in Marietta, Georgia, home of Super Hercules production line.
  • Super Hercules variants used to log these hours include: C-130J and C-130J-30 (tactical airlifter), KC-130J (tanker), WC-130J (weather reconnaissance), EC-130J (information operations), MC-130J (Special Operations), HC-130J (search and rescue, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard variants), AC-130J (gunship) and LM-100J (commercial freighter).
  • Hours flown include test, training and operational missions on all seven continents.
 
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Egy görög C-130-as repülőgéppel baleset történt Kefalonia repülőtrén...

A Hellenic Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules, operated by 356 MTM, hit an airport pole at Kefalonia Airport (EFL/LGKF), causing a fuel leak.

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A sérült repülőgépet megjavították és újra szolgálatba állt...
 
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E-2D Refueling From HC-130...

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Apropó HC-130:
 
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Lockheed Martin Welcomes Egypt to the C-130J Super Hercules Fleet...

The Egyptian Armed Forces announced today at the Egypt International Air Show that Lockheed Martin will deliver two C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifters to the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) through a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) with the U.S. Air Force. Egypt is the 23rd nation to join the worldwide Super Hercules operating community.