A New York Air National Guard Crew Chief inspects the landing gear on a ‘Skibird’ LC-130H Hercules on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 06MAR2020. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Scott Fremming.
Video report from October 2019, first time LC-130H-upgrade is loaded with HIMARS:
A New York Air National Guard LC-130H arrives at the Paris Air Show, 16JUN2019.
This LC-130H has been updated with the NP2000 propellers, Paris Air Show, 19JUN2019.
Not all Skibird’s operate in snowy conditions. This upgraded LC-130H is ferrying New York Army National Guard Soldiers to Puerto Rico. New York Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Alexander Rector, 11APR2019.
New York Air Guard’s SkiBird helping Canadians build ‘SkiWay’ landing strip in the Arctic, 11APR2019.
New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing offloads cargo in Greenland, on 26APR2019.
Video, Senior Master Sergeant explains the craziness of airfield ops in Antarctica:
Video from March 2019, explaining what a LC-130 Crew Chief does:
New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing’s LC-130, McMurdo Station, Antarctica 15JAN2019.
New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing LC-130 (upgraded with evil British empire Rolls-Royce T56 series 3.5/NP2000 props), McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 17DEC2018.
Grass field take-off? No, it’s the camera angle. NY National Guard’s LC-130 takes off for Antarctica, 06SEP2018.
LC-130(F-H?) in Antarctica, 23JUL2017.
The Common Science Support Pod, or IcePod, houses a variety of instruments to meausure changes in the Antarctic ice sheet.
Some ‘scientist’ from Colombia University explaining how the IcePod works. To find out more go here: https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/icepod/
New York Air National Guard LC-130H Hercules-Skibird takes-off near the Canadian Task Force base camp on Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, during Operation NUNALIVUT, 10APR2016.
Canadian Armed Forces photo by Corporal Parks.
New York Air National Guard LC-130H Hercules-Skibird arrives on Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Canadian Armed Forces photo by Petty Officer Second Class Belinda Jeromchuk, 10APR2016.
2016 video report on Canadian Forces Operation Nunalivut, note the wing flex on the older LC-130H as it lands:
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 27JUN2016.
January 2014, Pegasus Field, Antarctica, problems with landing gear being rectified.
Leaving Antarctica, 02FEB2011.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 2007.
Rocket assisted take-off from Greenland, 2003. For some reason it’s officially called Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) even though it’s actually rockets. With the new Rolls-Royce T56 series 3.5 turbine/NP2000 props JATO is no longer needed.
Several of the New York Air National Guard’s LC-130Hs were former U.S. Navy LC-130Rs from VXE-6.
Airmodel makes a 1:72 scale conversion set that includes skis for LC-130.
Max Decals #7211
Out-of-print MicroScale #72-195
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