Lockheed RC-130 Hercules - Misplaced Pages

(Redirected from C-130A-II Dreamboat) Military reconnaissance aircraft mainly used in the U.S. Air Force

RC-130 Hercules

A C-130 similar to this one, can be modified for reconnaissance
Role	Military reconnaissance aircraftType of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Lockheed
First flight	1958
Status	Retired
Primary user	United States Air Force
Produced	15
Developed from	Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed RC-130 Hercules are retired 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: Electronics reconnaissance variant for use by 7407th Combat Support Wing, 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

United States

United States Air Force

References

^ Francillon 1982, p. 347-373
"NSA PDF file" (PDF).
Pike, John. "Battlefield Illumination Airborne System (BIAS)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
"Why Iran's Air Force is Still Flying American Planes". 13 February 2017.

Bibliography

Francillon, René. Lockheed Aircraft since 1913. London: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30329-6.

v t e Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Basic versions	C-130A C-130E C-130H C-130J
Modified variants	AC-130 DC-130 EC-130E EC-130H EC-130J E-130J HC-130 KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 RC-130 WC-130
Civil variants	L-100 L-382
Related lists	Accidents and incidents Operators

Lockheed and Lockheed Martin aircraft and spacecraft

Transports

Vega family	1 & 2 Vega 3 Air Express 4 Explorer 5 Vega 6 7 Explorer 8 Sirius 8-D, E & G Altair 9 Orion DL.1 Vega
Electra family	10 Electra 12 Electra Junior 14 Super Electra 414 Hudson 18 Lodestar 37 Ventura 43 Harpoon
Constellation family	Constellation L-049 L-649 L-749 L-1049 L-1249 L-1649 Starliner C-69 C-121 EC-121 XB-30
C-130 Hercules family	C-130 C-130J AC-130 DC-130 HC-130 EC-130 EC-130H KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 WC-130 E-130J L-100
L-188 Electra family	L-188 P-3 EP-3 CP-140 P-7
Other types	C-5 C-141 Excalibur JetStar L-1011 Tristar RAF L-2000 Saturn Vega Starliner R6V

Fighter-bombers

Lightning family	P-38 XP-49 XP-58
Shooting Star family	F-80 F-94 T-33 T2V
Starfighter family	XF-104 F-104 NF-104A CL-288 CL-1200
Raptor family	YF-22 F-22 FB-22 X-44 MANTA
Other types	A-4AR A-9 F-16 F-21 F-35 F-117 XFM-2 XF-90 YP-24

Reconnaissance

Blackbird family	A-12 SR-71 Blackbird YF-12 M-21 D-21
Maritime patrol	Hudson PV-1 Ventura PV-2 Harpoon P2V/P-2 Neptune S-3 Viking P-3 Orion CP-140 Aurora P-7 LRAACA
Other crewed	CL-400 U-2 YO-3 Quiet Star TR-1 TR-X
UAVs	Aequare AQM-60 Cormorant (UAV) Desert Hawk Desert Hawk III Fury MQM-105 Polecat RQ-3 RQ-170 SR-72 X-44 (UAV)

Trainers

Helicopters

Experimental

Light aircraft

Missiles

Engines

J37/T35

Model
numbers

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
- A/D
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
44
45
49
50
51
52
60
61
62
75
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
99
100
104
105
122
129
133
136
137
140
141
144
149
170
171
182
185
186
188
189
193
199
200
204
206
207
210
212
222
244
245
246
249
282 (I)
282 (II)
285
286
288
293
295
296
298
300
301
320
322
325
329
330
331
346
349
351
379
380
382
389
400 (I)
400 (II)
402
407
414
422
437
449
475
480
489
500
520
522
549
580
595
622
645
649
680
685
704
749
760
780
785
822
823
840
849
880
901
915
934
949
977
980
981
984
985
995
1000
1010
1011
1020
1026
1049
- A
1060
1080
1090
1132
1149
1195
1200
1201
1235
1236
1237
1249
1329
1400
1449
1549
1600
1649
1700
1800
1980
2000
2329

Vega	1 2 3 4 5 6 7–10 11 12–14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27–32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43

Not assigned

v t e United States military transport aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems
Army/Air Force sequence (1925–1962)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7 C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 C-13 C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20 C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 C-28 C-29 C-30 C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-35 C-36 C-37 C-38 C-39 C-40 C-41 C-41A C-42 C-43 C-44 C-45 C-46 C-47 C-47F C-47T AC-47 C-48 C-49 C-50 C-51 C-52 C-53 C-54 C-55 C-56 C-57 C-58 C-59 C-60 C-61 C-62 C-63 C-64 C-65 C-66 C-67 C-68 C-69 C-70 C-70B C-71 C-72 C-73 C-74 C-75 C-76 C-77 C-77B–D C-78 C-79 C-80 C-81 C-82 C-83 C-83A C-83B C-84 C-85 C-86 C-87 C-88 C-89 C-90 C-91 C-92 C-93 C-94 C-95 C-96 C-97 KC-97 C-98 C-99 C-100 C-101 C-102 C-103 C-104 C-105 C-106 C-107 C-108 C-109 C-110 C-111 C-112 C-113 C-114 C-115 C-116 C-117 C-117D C-118 C-119 AC-119 C-120 C-121 C-121F EC-121 C-122 C-123 C-123A C-124 C-125 C-126 C-127 C-127 (I) C-127 (II) C-128 C-129 C-130 C-130J AC-130 DC-130 EC-130/H HC-130 KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 WC-130 C-131 NC-131H C-132 C-133 C-134 C-135 KC-135 C-136 C-137 YC-137 (I) YC-137 (II) C-137 C-138 C-139 C-140 C-141 C-142
Tri-service sequence (1962–present)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7 C-7 RC-7 C-8 C-9 C-10 C-10 KC-10 C-11 C-12 RC-12 C-13 C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20 C-20A–D C-20F–J C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 C-27J C-28 C-29 C-30 C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-35 C-36 C-37 C-37B C-38 C-39 C-40 C-41 C-42 C-43 C-44 C-45 C-46
Revived original sequence (2005–present)	C-143 C-144 C-145 C-146 C-147
Non-sequential designations	C-767 C-880
Related designations	CT-39 CT-43 CV-2 CV-7
Not assigned • Assigned to multiple types • Unconfirmed

v t e United States Air Force system numbers
100–199	100 101 P 102 103 104 105 106 107 A-1 A-2 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 L M 118 A L P 119 C/F E L T Y 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 A B 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143–197 198 199 B C D Y
200–299	200 201 A/L B/W E 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 A G 223 224 225 226 227–238 239 240–278 279 280–298 299
300–399	300 301 302 303 304 305 306 A/L B 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 A-1 A-2 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 L M/N 325 326 327 E 328 E 329 F 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338–379 380 A/B/E/F/N P 381–397 398 399 A B
400–499	400 B/C/N E G/H M 401 402 403 404 405 B C D 406 407 408 409 410 E L 411 E L 412 413 414 L M 415 416 L M (I) M (II) P Q 417 418 L M 419 420 L/W 421 422 423 424 425 426 L M 427 L M 428 A L 429 430 431 G (I) G (II) 432 433 434 435 A L 436 437 438 439 440 441 A D L 442 443 444 445 L M 446 447 448 449 450 451 D L 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 L 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 L (I) L (II) 472 473 474 L N 475 476 E 477 478 A T 479 480 481 L 482 E L M/Z 483 484 L M N 485 L Z 486 487 488 489 490 L M 491 492 493 494 495 L (I) L (II) 496 497 A L (I) L 498 A C D E L 499 A C D
500–599	500 501–519 520 521–529 530 531–541 542 543–549 550 A E 551–559 560 A F 561–569 570 571–579 580 A E 581–589 590 591 592 593–599
600–699	600 601 A L 602 A L 603 A L 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 A/B (I) B (II) 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 A B 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 A D P 649 A B C D E F L P 650 651 652 653 654 655 A (I) A (II) P 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 A (I) A (II) 666 A C/P 667 668 669 670 671 672 A M/P 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 D E 682 683 A J V 684 685 686 687 J P 688 689 690 691 C X Z 692 693 694 695 A B C L N P Q R S (I) S (II) 696 697 698 699
700–799	700–735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746–753 754 755–799
800–899	800 801 802 L (I) L (II) 803 804 805 806 807 808–816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824–831 832 833 834 835–845 846 847–899
900–999	900–951 952 853 854 855 956 957–967 968
Unknown or not assigned

Categories:

Operational history

Variants

Operators

See also

References

Bibliography