Delivered on 17 January 1967 as 10324, this Herk received serial 130324 on 27 May 1970. It was fitted with EW capability - RWR & flares - for the Gulf War in 1990. It was officially time expired on 4 November 2010, already in flyable storage at Trenton by then. Following storage by Cascade Aviation it was reduced to parts and scrapped by November 2021.

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Part of the humanitarian bridge taken during February and March 2004

Saving fuel, the two outer engines were stopped, while the inner ones were used for generating speed during taxi. Fuel was scarce at Kabul and these old engines use quite a lot. Photography was not appreciated on the field, especially not outside the large platform. So a small compact camera became my friend. This Royal Canadian Air Force Hercules flew into Kabul to support the ISAF mission. The aircraft was not only tasked for the Canadians, but used to support the whole community of some 50 countries (so including a lot of NATO allies).

Canada's Air Force was the Royal Canadian Air Force until service 'unification' in the Seventies. DC-3 behind is G-AMHJ