Flying over the sea on a grey day. Wearing a pale blue scheme overall, this aircraft belongs to the 401st Hikotai, as seen by the winged horse emblem on the tail.

Taken from the public viewing area on the roof of the Aichi Museum of Flight, which gives a great view on the main runway of Komaki/Nagoya airport.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is operating with some striking light-blue coloured workhorses. The C-130H visited, together with another light-blue Herc, Islamabad to pick up two UH-1H helicopters of the Japanese Army that gave humanitarian disaster relieve in Pakistan. In October 2005, a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Kashmir, helicopters from all over supported the mission.