One of about a dozen C-130Es on the strength of the resident 222 Filo

Aircraft on a 'day stop'. Very wet conditions.

Landed at Leeuwarden Air Base in relation to the delivery of F-104s to Turkey. Operated by 222 Filo. Ex FMS 63-13188.

First C-130 to be upgraded by TAI, who still are conducting stability tests--see the cone at the end of the tail which is at the end of an 300 meter reel spun on a winch inside the cargo hold.

This C-130E (FMS serial 63-13188) was delivered to the USAF in 1964 and first noted with the Turkish Air Force in 1991 (as ETI-088). It carried since 12-188, 13188 and 63-3188 as a serial. But since it was modified by Turkish Aerospace Industries (the first one for the THK) and redelivered to the air force in August 2014 is painted with its full FMS serial. The modernisation involved mainly new avionics and an intensive ouverhaul under the so-called Erciyes programme.

Delivered under the MAP to Turkey way back in 1964, this was the first of the 13-strong fleet to be modernised by the TAI under the 'Erciyes' programme