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The Lockheed RC-130 Hercules were variants of the
On 2 September 1958, C-130A-II ''56-0528'' was shot down after it intruded into Soviet airspace during a reconnaissance mission along the Turkish-
C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 ...
, designed for photographic or electronic reconnaissance missions.Francillon 1982, p. 347-373
Operational history
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n border.
Variants
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, ten conversions from C-130A.
;RC-130A
:Photo reconnaissance variant, one converted from a TC-130A and 15 built new.
;C-130B-II
:Electronic reconnaissance variant, 15 converted from C-130B later designated RC-130B.
;RC-130B
:Re-designated from C-130B-II, all later converted back to C-130Bs.
;RC-130S
:Two JC-130A aircraft were modified with the Battlefield Illumination Airborne System (BIAS) for night search-and rescue missions with the 446th Tactical Airlift Wing.
Operators
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See also
References
Bibliography
* Francillon, René. ''Lockheed Aircraft since 1913''. London: Putnam, 1982. . {{USAF system codes C-130, R 1950s United States military reconnaissance aircraft Four-engined tractor aircraft High-wing aircraft Four-engined turboprop aircraft RC-130