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Description
| Notes: Improved C-130B (5 CREW, 92 TROOPS, OR 74 LITTERS) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed | |
| Base model: | C-130 | |
| Designation: | C-130 | |
| Version: | E | |
| Nickname: | Hercules | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 97' 9" | 29.7 m | |
| Height: | 38' 3" | 11.6 m | |
| Wingspan: | 132' 7" | 40.4 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,745.0 sq ft | 162.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 72,892 lb | 33,057 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 155,000 lb | 70,294 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 175,000 lb | 79,365 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Allison T56-A-7A | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 4050 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,420 miles | 3,896 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 340 mph | 547 km/h | 295 kt |
| Max Speed: | 384 mph | 618 km/h | 334 kt |
| Climb: | 1,830 ft/min | 557 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 23,000 ft | 7,010 m | |
Operators (Past and Present)
| USAF | |||
| USAF | 86th AW | Ramstein AB | GER |
| USAF | 124th Wing | Boise Air Terminal | ID |
| USAF | 133d AW | Minneapolis-St Paul IAP/ARS | MN |
| USAF | 143d AW | Quonset State Airport | RI |
| USAF | 146th AW | Channel Islands ANGB | CA |
| USAF | 152d AW | Reno/Tahoe IAP | NV |
| USAF | 175th Wing | Baltimore | MD |
| USAF | 182d AW | Greater Peoria Airport | IL |
| USAF | 314th AW | Little Rock AFB | AR |
| USAF | 374th AW | Yokota AB | JP |
| USAF | 403d Wing | Keesler AFB | MS |
| USAF | 913th AW | Willow Grove ARS | PA |
| USAF | 934th AW | Minneapolis-St Paul IAP/ARS | MN |
| USAF | 939th Rescue | Portland iAP | OR |
| USAF | 939th Rescue | Patrick AFB | FL |
| USAF | Warner Robins | Robins AFB | GA |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Tom Young Scappoose Or., OR | We left an unknown airport in the Congo, overloaded, high heat and humidity with a short field departure. The pilot ran the engines up to the hilt and poped the clutch. I fought my way over to a little girl and pulled out of the way of a falling oil cooler that came loose; Then I lost track of UP. I think I was standing on the balls of my feet in a frozen crouched position while the bird was in a left climbing turn. I fully expedted to be scaddered all ovet the 245 bulkhead at any moment. When we finally leveled off I gave that brave little girl back to her mom. The people of the Congo earned my respect while I was there; and so did my Herkybird. 857 1963 about Christmass.
Proud to serve. 06/14/2008 @ 17:30 [ref: 21426] |
| Keith E Alamogordo, NM | I was a Crew Chief on C-130's('70's early 80's), B-52H and B-1B. Herk is by far my favorite, lots of fun and memories good and not so. You can take the man out of the Herk, but you can't take the Herk out of the man..... A salute to ALL the troops who are keepin' 'em "hacking the mission". 04/16/2008 @ 18:33 [ref: 20569] |
| Doug Kuhlman , OR | I was a load on E's w/ the 50TAS/Little Rock AFB from '81 to '85. Had the good fortune to fly with some of the best aircrews around. Many heartfelt thanks to all who served to keep us flying. The Herc' was a noisy, uncomfortable place to work for the LM, but I always tried to make the best of it.
(Anybody remember slinging up a hammock between the wheel wells on a 10hr overwater nav trainer?). Some of the stuff we pulled off amazes me that I'm still walking the earth--assault takeoffs/landings come to mind. It is truly a workhorse of an aircraft and I'm glad for my time on board. Love to have nostalgia flight someday--perhaps on it's replacement, the 17? 02/18/2008 @ 18:40 [ref: 19718] |
| dave willette Sneads Ferry, NC | Hoyt Brown,,, love to chat with you! before i become totally senile!!! 01/25/2008 @ 07:59 [ref: 19423] |
| Hoyt E Brown Armuchee, GA | This is for Sam McGowan.
I was at Pope AFB, 464 OMS. I was a crew chief on 63-1855. Like you I also went to the Congo. We were at Leopoldville and flew into places like Bukavo, Lasalle, and Stanleyville. Did you ever know a load master named Magee? He had a big old handle bar mustache and a big gap between his front teeth. This really brings back old memories. 12/19/2007 @ 12:24 [ref: 18967] |
| mike , GA | The 317th OMS pope afb .nc operated a large number of E models in the 70's and 80's and early 90's 7776,6580 etcc 11/29/2007 @ 08:16 [ref: 18717] |
| mike , GA | The 317th OMS poe afb .nc operated a large number of E models in the 70's and 80's and early 90's 7776,6580 etcc 11/29/2007 @ 08:16 [ref: 18716] |
| mike , GA | The 317th OMS poe afb .nc operated a large number of E models in the 70's and 80's and early 90's 7776,6580 etcc 11/29/2007 @ 08:16 [ref: 18715] |
| mike , GA | The 317th OMS operated a large number of E models in the 70's and 80's and early 90's 7776,6580 etcc 11/29/2007 @ 08:16 [ref: 18714] |
| David Willette Sneads Ferry, NC | As a loadmaster i flew both in Dragon Rouge and the Johnson/McNamara folly out of Pope. Triple 7 squadron. Note: I disagree with the ceiling listed. I have dropped FACs from 38,000 feet. I would like to contact some of the crew members I had the honor of flying with. Any ideas as to how I would find them would be more than appreciated. To my knowledge I was the youngest instructor loadmaster in TAC at the time. I'm 64 now so they are obviously getting up in years.It would be wonderful to communicate with however. Thank you. 08/10/2007 @ 07:23 [ref: 17547] |
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