C-130H2 nose gear
"Welcome Aboard the Pirate Ship" nose art
IRCM mounting on the side of the aft fuselage
C-130 bibliography
Magazine Articles and Photos:
"Turboprop C-130: The Wraps Come Off" American Aviation March 2, 1953 p.17 Three photos of a YC-130 model.
Photo: "C-130 Equipped With New Radome" Aviation Week October 29, 1956 p.31
"C-130 Undergoes Rigid Combat Tests" Aviation Week November 5, 1956 p.37 3 photos
Photos (2): "Ski-Equipped C-130 Flies" AW February 11, 1957 p.52
"C-130 Skis Tested With Television" AW February 18, 1957 p.83 3 photos
Photo: "C-130 Cockpit Stresses Visibility" Aviation Week August 19, 1957 p.101
"Hercules Replacing C-119 in Japan Airlift" Aviation Week February 10, 1958 p.84 1 photo
Robert I. Stanfield "TAC Team Flies C-130s in Air Show Formations" Aviation Week January 18, 1960 p.52-61 5 photos
Photo: "C-130 Boundary Layer Testbed" Aviation Week February 15, 1960 p.35
Photo: "C-130 Tests Boundary Layer Control System" Aviation Week & Space Technology May 2, 1960 p.67
Photo: GV-1 BuNo 149801 of VR-24. Air Pictorial October 1962 p.335
David A. Anderton "Power Boost Planned for STOL C-130" Aviation Week & Space Technology January 7, 1963 p.54-57 2 photos 1 illustration
"USAF Tests New In-Flight Retrieval System" Aviation Week & Space Technology November 9, 1964 p.94 2 photos
Photo: "USAF/Lockheed HC-130H Search-Recovery Aircraft" Aviation Week & Space Technology December 21, 1964 front cover
George Alexander "Air Rescue Service Pushes Modernization to Handle Expanded Search-Recovery Role" Aviation Week & Space Technology December 21, 1964 p.40-55 12 illustrations
"Airborne Shelters House Strike Force Command/Control" Aviation Week & Space Technology March 1, 1965 p.48-49 6 photos
Photos (3): "C-130s Modified for Surveillance Role" Aviation Week & Space Technology August 13, 1979 p.19
Paul beaver "CFB Edmonton - At The Crossroads" Air Pictorial March 1980. Includes photos of CC-130130328 during maintenance and aircraft 130331.
Karl E. Hayes, Eamon C. Power "Ravens on the Cap" Air International December 1981 p.272-275, 302-304 10 photos
Jeffrey P. Rhodes "Giving Smokey a Hand" Air Force October 1989 p.66-71 6 photos
"C-130 Transports Operate From Highways Near Front" Aviation Week & Space Technology February 11, 1991 p.22 1 photo
William B. Scott "MC-130H Demonstrates Mission Flexibility" Aviation Week & Space Technology June 7, 1993 p.139-141 3 photos
"Dual Radars Guide Talon" Aviation Week & Space Technology June 7, 1993 p.141 1 photo
John D. Morrocco "USAF To Acquire Two C-130Js" Aviation Week & Space Technology June 27, 1994 p.83 1 photo
Photos: KC-130 of VMGR-452, Israeli Air Force #545, CC-130 130335, C-130E 62-1847, C-130H 74-1659, Indonesian Air Force A-1315, C-130H 46-05 of the Italian Air Force. Air Combat July/August 1994
Peter R. March "New Generation Hercules" USAF Yearbook 1998 p.6-9 7 photos
Dylan Eklund "Voice of The Quiet Professionals" USAF Yearbook 1998 p.32-34 7 photos
"LC-130Rs to USAF" World Air Power Journal Autumn/Fall 1999 p.13
"C-130J for US Air Force" World Air Power Journal Autumn/Fall 1999 p.14-15 1 photo
Photo: "High Rollers 'new' Herks" Air Forces Monthly January 2001 p.15
Robert F. Dorr "Death Before Dawn" Air Forces Monthly August 2001 p.28-31 8 photos
"Drop Tests For USAF C-130J-30s" AFM September 2001 p.13 1 photo
"USAF Requests CC-130J Buy" AFM July 2002 p.12
"Keep on Truckin'" Air Forces Monthly June 2003 p.76-82 Photos include LC-130R BuNo 160741, C-130T of VR-55 Minutemen, DC-130A of VX-30, NC-130H of VX-20, KC-130F BuNo 148896.
"Norwegian Hercules Overhauled by Turkish Air Force" Air Forces Monthly December 2004 p.12 One photo of C-130H 954 Balder.
"Delaware Herks Damaged" Details tornado damage to Delaware ANG C-130Hs. Air Forces Monthly December 2004 p.70 Three photos of damaged aircraft.
Books:
"Modern Military Aircraft" edited by Paul E. Eden and Soph Moeing
p.38-39 Color cutaway of an AC-130U
p.248-249 Cutaway diagram of a C-130H, color pics of a RoCAF C-130H, C-130F "Fat Albert" of the Blue Angels, C-130E of No.37 Squadron, RAAF
The Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft
P.235: Color 3-view of an MC-130H of the 418th TS at Edwards AFB, in European I colors
Scale Model References
"Lockheed's Spectacular Spectre" David R. Kingman Finescale Modeler August 1988 p.34-38 Building the Testors/Italeri 1/72 scale AC-130A.
Paul Adams "RNZAF Hercules" MAM August 2002
"Mightier Hercules" Paul Boyer Kitbashing the Italeri 1/72 scale kit to a C-130J-30. FineScale Modeler July 2005 p.46-50
"Workbench Reviews: Minicraft C-130 Hercules Search and Rescue" Building the 1/144th scale kit as a USCG HC-130H. FineScale Modeler September 2007 p.60
Several close ups of the Hellfire pylon and sensor fit on a KC-130J Harvest Hawk
The Italeri 1/72 scale AC-130H Spectre
USN C-130 tactical paint scheme diagram
