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The C-130s entered service as the secondary cargo transport for the Air Force and primary cargo transport for the Air National Guard in 1958 and 1965 respectively with the C-130A variant. Over the years, the Air Force and Air National Guard have operated the C-130A/B/E/H/J variants, with the most recent being the CC-130J which is the stretched version of the C-130J model. It was retired from widespread use in the cargo variant for the Air Force in favor of operating C-27Js for smaller tactical operations and C-17As for more strategic operations. The Air National Guard still maintains a small fleet of the cargo variant for tactical operations.

There is a total of 4 currently in service with the Air Force, all four of which are in use by the Special Operations Command. Additionally, there is 16 in service with the Air National Guard

(Credit to Caddaric79, Eswube, and Brian2170 over on shipbucket, and dave-llamaman , and darthpandanl here on deviantart)

Description
The C-130s entered service as the secondary cargo transport for the Air Force and primary cargo transport for the Air National Guard in 1958 and 1965 respectively with the C-130A variant. Over the years, the Air Force and Air National Guard have operated the C-130A/B/E/H/J variants, with the most recent being the CC-130J which is the stretched version of the C-130J model. It was retired from widespread use in the cargo variant for the Air Force in favor of operating C-27Js for smaller tactical operations and C-17As for more strategic operations. The Air National Guard still maintains a small fleet of the cargo variant for tactical operations.

There is a total of 4 currently in service with the Air Force, all four of which are in use by the Special Operations Command. Additionally, there is 16 in service with the Air National Guard

(Credit to Caddaric79, Eswube, and Brian2170 over on shipbucket, and dave-llamaman , and darthpandanl here on deviantart)