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[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]49.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] Over 2,400 C-130s have been delivered across more than 60 nations. Over 40 different variations of the C-130 exist. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]48.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] While evacuating Tan Son Nhut Air Base during the final days of the Vietnam war in April 1975, a C-130 actually lifted 20,000 pounds above its listed maximum payload capacity. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]47.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] That 20,000 pound excess from the last fact? It was 452 humans – 360 more people than the C-130 is designed to carry. The C-130 was the last plane not destroyed at the airfie[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]ld, and it was leaving for good in the midst of heavy enemy fire. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]46.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] A 105 mm Howitzer is housed inside of the AC-130J variant. The AC-130J is a long-endurance, heavy duty air-to-ground combat plane. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] |
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]45.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] Natural disasters usually see the C-130 respond almost before any other fixed-wing aircraft because of it’s ability to land on short or unprepared runways. However, it appears a natural disaster may have gotten the best of this particular C-130. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]42.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] Main versions of the C-130 that are currently in use by the Air Force are the C-130E, C-130H, C-130J and C-130J-30. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]41.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] Its latest and possibly greatest variation – the C-130J Hercules – is currently in use in more than 10 active missions worldwide. |
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]40.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] The Unites States Air Force, as well as those in Italy, Canada, Norway and Denmark are under contract for more than 300 new C-130Js. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]38.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] The C-130 has a maximum takeoff weight of 155,000 pounds, which is just about the same weight as a space shuttle. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]34.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] The C-130J Hercules has a max speed of 417 mph at 22,000 feet of altitude. The original C-130 could make it up to about 366 mph. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]33.[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)] 44,000 pounds of payload is how much the C-130J-30 can carry – the most of any C-130. variation. The rest carry 40,000 pounds or 42,000 pounds. |
Courtesy photo [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]32. According to the Air Force’s most recent stats, the C-130J costs $48.5 million per unit. That is up from around the original $11.5 million of the C-130E. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]28. The GBU-43 is the largest conventional bomb ever dropped in combat. It was dropped by a MC-130. [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)]
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