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More than 15 percent of the approximately 2,350 Lockheed C-130 Hercules production hulls have been lost, including 70 by the US Air Force and the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Not all US C-130 losses have been crashes, 29 of those listed below were destroyed on the ground by enemy action or other non-flying accidents. [1] [2]
This was the 14th recorded loss of a C-130 to all causes. Final loss: C-130E 72-1297 (314th TAW) destroyed by rocket fire at Tan Son Nhut AB on 28 April 1975. C-141 Starlifter—2 total, 0 in combat First loss: C-141A 65-9407 (62d Military Airlift Wing) destroyed in a night runway collision with a USMC A-6 at Danang, SVN on 23 March 1967 ...
A United States Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules aircraft was shot down on May 12, 1968, during the Battle of Kham Duc in Vietnam. Everyone on board, 150 Vietnamese civilians, one U.S. Special Forces officer, and 5 U.S. Air Force crewmen, [1]: 138, 139, note 95, 96 were killed.
Casualties and losses; 361 killed 15 missing 1,441 wounded [2] [1] 40 helicopters lost [3] Two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, one F-4C fighter lost 73 killed 18 missing 290 wounded [2] Total: 434 killed 33 missing 1,771 wounded PAVN/VC claim 4,570 killed or wounded 70 aircraft destroyed 52 vehicles (incl. 16 tanks) destroyed
1958 C-130 shootdown incident; 1965 Hong Kong US Marines KC-130F Crash; 1969 theft of C-130; 1976 Venezuelan Air Force C-130 crash; 1981 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash; 1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash; 2009 Indonesian Air Force L-100 crash; 2015 Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash; 2016 Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash
The United States and Vietnam are discussing the sale of Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules military transport planes to Hanoi, two people familiar with the discussions said, in a sign of closer ...
Tanker 122, Cal Fire’s first operational C-130H, was on full display Thursday at Cal Fire’s aviation headquarters at McClellan Airport. The aircraft is one of seven C-130 Hercules that the ...
The pilot, Captain Russell A.C. Sanborn, was captured. He was released on March 6. February 13 – An EF-111A (Serial Number 66-0023), callsign Ratchet 75, crashed into terrain while maneuvering to evade a missile fired by an enemy Mirage F1 fighter, killing the pilot, Captain Douglas L. Bradt, and the Electronic Warfare Officer, Captain Paul R ...