Extreme Aviation: C-130J-30 Super Hercules Aircraft, Dirt Runway Takeoffs and Landings

Extreme Aviation: C-130J-30 Super Hercules Aircraft, Dirt Runway Takeoffs and Landings

Buckle up for an adrenaline-packed journey into the world of extreme aviation! Join us as we witness the unparalleled skills of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft, pushing the boundaries with daring takeoffs and precision landings on unconventional dirt runways. 

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• Credits

U.S. Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Eugene Crist

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Oscar Gollaz

Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules impressive short tactical landing. This is how TOP pilots do it ! 

This is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft.The cargo bay of the C-130J has a volume of more than 4,500 square feet and can deliver this cargo by using dirt runways in dangerous airspace. The C-130 has been around since 1954 but the C-130J entered service in 1999

Crewed by two pilots and a loadmaster. The older model C-130Hs have two additional crewmembers in the cockpit: a navigator and flight engineer.

C-130 Hercules aircraft landing and take off from the Jeffco Airtanker base, at the Rocky Mountain Regional Airport, Broomfield, Colorado for annual Modular Airborne Fire System training. C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing and 302nd AW, Wyoming Air National Guard, equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire System, began their weeklong training and certification out of Jeffco Airtanker Base, US Air Force, Colorado, United States, where they conducted training drops with potable water at nearby Arapaho/Roosevelt and Pike-San Isabel National Forests and Bureau of Land Management lands.