Delivered to the Aeronautica Militare Italiana in March 1972. And seen here supporting the Italian detachment of Tornados that participated in the out-of-the-area Tactical Leadership Programme at Gilze Rijen. Thirty years after is acceptance by the AMI, the aircraft - with 11.166 flight hours - went to Pisa-San Giusto for an overhaul and was subsequently sold to the Brazilian Air Force as serial FAB 2478. The Herk was delivered on 31 October 2002. Twenty years later, the C-130H was scrapped by PAMA-GL at Galeão (Brazil). It arrived at the their scrapyard already in May 2017.

This long Herc was extensively damaged in a runway excursion accident at Herat air base in west Afghanistan on 22 July 2014. At that time, the workhorse flew near daily logistical missions from Al Bateen Air Base in the UAE and Afghanistan. It was last-noted, still parked and damaged at Herat Aiport (Aug 2014).

participating in exercise Falcon Leap / Market Garden memorial para droppings

This Italian Hercules was later delivered to Brazil as FAB 2475.