July 2019, Ohio National Guard C-130H2 gets new tail markings.
Video from 2018, Dobbins Air Reserve, Georgia, explains how they picked the nose art for their C-130s:
In November 2017, after Hurricane Maria laid waste to Puerto Rico’s Air National Guard base their C-130Es were sent to Wyoming to get some depot maintenance. Yes, using a roller brush to apply primer paint.
June 2018, this C-130H is fresh from the paint shop, with its Cold War era camo, heading to its new home as permanent ‘gate-guard’ for Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Missouri.
October 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, a vinyl decal is readied for use as the new tail flash for the 314th Airlift Wing’s C-130Js.
United States Marine Corps KC-130T sits at Oklahoma City (Tinker) Air Logistics Complex, waiting for new clothes, February 2017.
Oklahoma City Air Logistics video explainer:
Masking the windows of a C-130 for painting, July 2015, at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Georgia.
Warner Robins video explainer:
November 2014, McChord Air Museum, Washington, primer paints C-130 for static display.
It took two months but finally, in January 2015, McChord Air Museum’s Vietnam era C-130 is almost ready for display.
Sheppard AFB, Texas, October 2013.
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