84001/841 ¦ JKG 08.1991
Lockheed C-130H Hercules (c/n 4039)
Kungliga Svenska Flygvapnet
Jönköping-Axamo (JKG/ESGJ)
August 1991
84001 was the first of eventually eight Hercules aircraft acquired by the Swedish Air Force. Delivered in 1964 as a C-130E, it was converted to an -H model in 1987, to bring up the fleet to an identical standard.
Designated as Tp84 in Flygvapnet service, it was coded 841, and captured taxiing after landing at Jönköping upon a visit, still in the original high-visibility colour scheme. At that time it was based at Såtenäs with the F7 (Skaraborgs flygflottilj) and operated by 71 Transportflygdivisionen, part of F7.
84001 served with the Flygvapnet for almost 50 years, during which it carried several colour schemes. Included is a stint with the Swedish Red Cross as SE-XBT during the Biafra war in 1968. It was finally struck off charge in 2014, with the forward fuselaege now on display at the Aeroseum museum in Göteborg.
(from my collection - credit due to photographer)
84001/841 ¦ JKG 08.1991
Lockheed C-130H Hercules (c/n 4039)
Kungliga Svenska Flygvapnet
Jönköping-Axamo (JKG/ESGJ)
August 1991
84001 was the first of eventually eight Hercules aircraft acquired by the Swedish Air Force. Delivered in 1964 as a C-130E, it was converted to an -H model in 1987, to bring up the fleet to an identical standard.
Designated as Tp84 in Flygvapnet service, it was coded 841, and captured taxiing after landing at Jönköping upon a visit, still in the original high-visibility colour scheme. At that time it was based at Såtenäs with the F7 (Skaraborgs flygflottilj) and operated by 71 Transportflygdivisionen, part of F7.
84001 served with the Flygvapnet for almost 50 years, during which it carried several colour schemes. Included is a stint with the Swedish Red Cross as SE-XBT during the Biafra war in 1968. It was finally struck off charge in 2014, with the forward fuselaege now on display at the Aeroseum museum in Göteborg.
(from my collection - credit due to photographer)