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Hercules
Cranston Military Prints  By Subject Aviation Art Modern Era  Hercules |
| Modern era aviation art prints of the Hercules aircraft. Our collection of prints and original paintings of the Hercules aircraft from the post-war era. |
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Hercules Supply Drop by Tim Fisher. Supplies being flown in for the US Implementation Force (IFOR), near Zupanja, Croatia. |
Squadron Training by Scott Kirkwood. Commissioned by 70 Squadron RAF in 1996. Four ton Manual Extraction onto Kievel Airfield. |
Libyan Rescue by Ivan Berryman. As the Libyan people's uprising against Colonel Gadaffi's regime intensified at the end of February 2011, many British nationals found themselves isolated in the sprawling desert, many of them oil workers in some of the country's most remote areas. As Libya deteriorated into rebellion, British Special Forces were dispatched to pluck the stranded workers from the desert and fly them to the safety of Malta. Here, an RAF Lockheed C130 Hercules climbs away from a successful pickup on a remote airstrip. In total, two operations involving five Hercules aircraft rescued over 300 British nationals and other foreign workers. |
Teamwork by Stuart Brown. Aircraft of the UKs Special Forces flight perform an ALARP exercise on an MoD range at Pendine Sands, Wales. The Air Land Refuel Points (ALARP) can be located on improvised airfields or beaches and normally operate at night with the aid of Night Vision Goggles. The aircraft portrayed are a 47 Sqn Hercules refuelling a 7 Sqn Chinook and a 657 Sqn AAC Lynx. Special Forces personnel provide armed cover. |
Low Level Para Drop by Tim Fisher. Depicting a Hercules dropping Paras at low level. |
Tribute to the Lockheed C-130 Hercules by Ivan Berryman. Entering service as far back as 1956, the C-130 Hercules is the longest continuously produced military aircraft and has served with many countries throughout the world. This versatile aircraft has been a military transport, firefighting aircraft, missile platform and humanitarian supply aircraft in a multitude of roles. Among its notable achievements is a record set in 1963 for the largest and heaviest aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. |
Dawn Descent by David Pentland. A C130 Hercules MK1 from RAF Lynham Transport Wing, delivers a low level Brigade drop of Airbourne forces over Salisbury Plain. The C130 Hercules is the workhorse of the Royal Air Force Air Transport (AT) fleet and is based at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, where it is operated by Nos 24, 30, 47 and 70 Squadrons. The fleet totals 50 aircraft and is a mixture of C1/C3 aircraft and the new C-130J aircraft, designated C4/C5. |
Special Forces HALO by Stuart Brown A four-man Special Forces patrol exit a C-130 Hercules to perform a HALO freefall insertion from 25,000ft. HALO (High Altitude, Low Opening) operations enable Special Forces to be covertly inserted into hostile territory, often under the cover of darkness. Equipped with oxygen and heavily laden with weapons, ammunition, explosives, task specific equipment and other supplies. |
Para Wedge by Scott Kirkwood. Commissioned by 70 Squadron RAF in 1996. Jump by 1st Parachute Battalion with wedged cargo exit and double static line exit by Low Level Parachute onto Copehill Down Drop Zone at last light. |
Herculean Effort by Robert Tomlin. The workhorse of forces around the globe, the mighty Hercules could be called todays universal soldier. Whether supplying troops in desert and jungle or dropping air to starving nations, Fat Albert has been a true unsung hero. |
Red Flag (Sport of Kings) by Phil McGinness. Hercules C130 of the Royal Air Force. |
Hercules C. Mk1 by Barry Price. Lockheed Hercules CMK1, Royal Air Force, XV179 taking off. |
Severn Trail by Robert Taylor. A magnificent study of a pair of C130 Hercules seen in tactical trail over the Severn Estuary, 25 miles west of R.A.F. Lyneham, headquarters base of RAF Support Command. |
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