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C-130 Hercules Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Every recorded loss, crash, shoot-down, retirement and delivery involving the C-130 Hercules, each with a date and source. See the C-130 Hercules overview.

Events at a glance

Events per year 2022–2026
2022 — 0 events 0 2022 2023 — 8 events 8 2023 2024 — 3 events 3 2024 2025 — 4 events 4 2025 2026 to 30 Sep — 11 events 11 2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 30 Sep 2026.

By event type 26 events logged · 11 airframes lost
  • Destroyed 6
  • Crash 2
  • Damaged 4
  • Delivered 8
  • Ordered 4
  • Retired 2

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C-130 Hercules losses, crashes & deliveries

  1. SEP 232026 C-130J-30 Ordered 🇲🇽 Mexico · Second C-130J-30 Super Hercules acquired from Lockheed Martin, doubling the new tactical airlift fleet; no delivery date given.
  2. JUL 302026 C-130H Ordered 🇧🇼 Botswana · Botswana accepts donation of an additional US C-130H Hercules under the Excess Defense Articles programme; airframe not yet handed over.
  3. MAY 82026 C-130E/H Delivered 🇵🇱 Poland · Fifth and final ex-USAF C-130H (1510) arrives at the 33rd Transport Aviation Base, Powidz.
  4. APR 62026 2× C-130E/H Destroyed 🇮🇷 Iran · Two C-130E/H transports of 11th Tactical Airlift Squadron destroyed at Mehrabad Airport by overnight Israeli airstrikes targeting three Tehran-area airports.
  5. APR 42026 2× MC-130J Destroyed 🇺🇸 United States · Two MC-130J deliberately destroyed after becoming stuck during F-15E crew rescue near Isfahan; all personnel extracted safely.
  6. MAR 232026 C-130B/H Destroyed 🇨🇴 Colombia · C-130H crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Leguízamo carrying 128 personnel; 70 killed.
  7. MAR 102026 C-130E/H Destroyed 🇮🇷 Iran · C-130H Hercules destroyed on ground at Kerman Airport by USAF precision strike during Operation Epic Fury; confirmed by CENTCOM video footage.
  8. FEB 282026 2× C-130E/H Destroyed 🇮🇷 Iran · Two C-130H Hercules destroyed on ground at Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib Airport by US-Israeli strikes; confirmed by satellite imagery.
  9. FEB 272026 C-130B/H Crash 🇧🇴 Bolivia · C-130H overran runway at El Alto Airport in bad weather while transporting banknotes; at least 22 killed including 1 crew.
  10. JAN 152026 8× C-130H Retired 🇨🇦 Canada · CC-130H Hercules search-and-rescue fleet retired in January 2026 as the RCAF transitions to the CC-295 Kingfisher.
  11. JAN 132026 C-130B/H Delivered 🇹🇳 Tunisia · Fourth C-130H delivered by US at Sidi Ahmed AB; strengthening airlift and rapid response capability.
  12. NOV 112025 C-130B/E Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · In-flight breakup over Georgia/Azerbaijan border; 20 killed.
  13. OCT 162025 12× C-130J Ordered 🇹🇷 Turkey · Turkey confirms the purchase of 12 ex-RAF C-130J-30 Super Hercules.
  14. MAY 102025 C-130B Hercules Damaged 🇵🇰 Pakistan · C-130B Hercules damaged on the ground at PAF Base Nur Khan (Rawalpindi/Chaklala) during the Indian missile strike on the night of 9-10 May targeting the 35 Composite Transport Wing operations area. Tender documents subsequently revealed nose-section damage requiring repairs.
  15. JAN 262025 MC-130J Delivered 🇺🇸 United States · Final production MC-130J Commando II delivered to Kirtland AFB, closing the production line.
  16. DEC 202024 C-130J Delivered 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Fifth and final C-130J delivered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force, completing its replacement fleet.
  17. APR 142024 C-130J Damaged 🇮🇱 Israel · C-130 transport damaged when five Iranian ballistic missiles struck Nevatim Airbase in Iran's 13-14 April attack, a senior US official told ABC News.
  18. MAR 182024 C-130H Destroyed 🇸🇩 Sudan · C-130H struck by an RSF FPV drone as it landed at Wadi Seidna Air Base; RSF video purportedly showed the aircraft's destruction.
  19. OCT 172023 3× C-130J Ordered 🇵🇭 Philippines · The Philippines issued the notice to proceed for three new C-130J-30 transports for the Philippine Air Force.
  20. AUG 92023 C-130H Damaged 🇨🇦 Canada · Parked CC-130H struck by a taxiing airliner at CFB Comox; the military transport sustained serious damage.
  21. AUG 92023 C-130J Delivered 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Third of five C-130J-30 transports arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base for the Indonesian Air Force.
  22. JUN 282023 C-130J Delivered 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Second of five C-130J-30 transports arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base after its delivery flight.
  23. JUN 92023 14× C-130J Retired 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Royal Air Force retired its final fourteen C-130J Hercules, ending 56 years of Hercules operations.
  24. APR 282023 C-130B/E Damaged 🇹🇷 Turkey · A C-130 came under small-arms fire approaching Wadi Sayidna during a Sudan evacuation mission; it landed safely.
  25. MAR 82023 C-130J Delivered 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Indonesia inducted the first of five C-130J-30 transport aircraft into service.
  26. JAN 42023 C-130H Delivered 🇳🇪 Niger · The United States transferred a second C-130H to the Niger Air Force at Air Base 101, Niamey.