Delivered to the Aeronautica Militare Italiana in March 1972. And seen here supporting the Italian detachment of Tornados that participated in the out-of-the-area Tactical Leadership Programme at Gilze Rijen. Thirty years after is acceptance by the AMI, the aircraft - with 11.166 flight hours - went to Pisa-San Giusto for an overhaul and was subsequently sold to the Brazilian Air Force as serial FAB 2478. The Herk was delivered on 31 October 2002. Twenty years later, the C-130H was scrapped by PAMA-GL at Galeão (Brazil). It arrived at the their scrapyard already in May 2017.

A pair of Hornets landing during the 2016 DACT exercise.