Lockheed RC-130 Hercules


The Lockheed RC-130 Hercules were variants of the C-130 Hercules, designed for photographic or electronic reconnaissance missions.

Operational history

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-Armenian border.

Variants

;C-130A-II
;RC-130A
;C-130B-II
;RC-130B
;RC-130S

Operators