Turkey became a Hercules operator in 1964, receiving five new C-130E's which were later supplemented by three more of the same version. Then in 1991/92, Turkey received six 2nd hand surplus C-130B from the USAF, among them 57-0527 pictured here during exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016. Having been manufactured in 1958, 57-0527 is the oldest C-130 the TuAF ever operated. As from 2010, the TuAF also received six C-130E's from the Royal Saudi AF, bringing the total number of C-130 operated by Turkey to 20. The 19 remaining airframes have recently undergone a life extension program known as ERCIYES.

The Pakistan AF became a Hercules operator in 1962 and since then has operated no less than 34 Herks of different variants, most of them sourced 2nd hand from the Air Forces of Iran, the US, Australia and lately Belgium. 4159 pictured here is a 1966 built airframe which served with the RAAF as A97-159 before being transferred to Pakistan in December of 2005. Five more ex RAAF followed (4171, 4171, 4178, 4180 and 4189). In Pakistan, the C-130 construction numbers are equal to the serial worn on the vertical fin.

Mar '57: TOS USAF and assigned to 774th Troop Carrier Squadron/463rd Troop Carrier Wing, Ardmore AFB, OK. Was one of the Four Horsemen Demonstration Team. Ca.1967: 35th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Naha Air Base, Okinawa. Later to 303rd TAS, Richards-Gebaur AFB, MO.; 95th TAS/440th Tactical Airlift Wing, Milwaukee, WI ; 64th TAS/928th Airlift Wing (AFRES), O'Hare Airport, Chicago, IL. Aug '89: TBM Inc, Redmond, OR with c/r N473TM. Operated as Fire Service #63. 13 Mar 15: Castle Air Museum Foundation Inc, Atwater, CA. 23 Nov 15; Ferried to Castle Air Museum Foundation Inc.

Photo by Klaus Mohr.

Arriving as "SUMMIT 94" this would be assigned to the 731AS/302AW/AFRES in Colorado

A-1318 lining up on Runway 15 in Wamena was the 2nd of five stretched new built C-130H-30's delivered to the TNI-AU in late 1980. The serials of that batch are A-1317 through A-1321 (became A-1341 in 1982). All five remain in service at the time of upload, with A-1318 being the only one of that batch keeping the original white/grey/yellow paint scheme. While other Indonesian AF Hercules have been rotated between SkU 31, 32 and 33, A-1318 has always been with Skadron Udara 31 based at Jakarta-Halim.

This aircraft was manufactured in 1970 and acquired by the Polish Armed Forces on November 16, 2010, under the Foreign Military Financing program from U.S. Air Force stocks. Decommissioned on 30 July 2024 and donated to the Museum on 12 August 2024.

Ostensibly in long-term storage at ENAER facilities (Carlos Ay photo).

Reflecting the USAF AMC's policy of removing identifying serials and unit markings as aircraft undergo depot maintenance.

Reflecting the USAF AMC's policy of removing identifying serials and unit markings as aircraft undergo depot maintenance.