The old Herc was built by Lockheed as a RC-130A and was accepted by the USAF in Nov'59. It was modified to C-130A in the early 1970s and assigned to the AFRes. It was transferred to the Rhode Island Air National Guard (as pictured) in 1989 and as such a very welcome visitor to the IAT. The Herc was sold to the Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM, Mexican Air Force) as 10610 in 1993. It sadly crashed on 17 Sep'99 during a maintenance test flight out of Santa Lucia Air Base. The C-130 impacted the side of Cerro La Paila mountain, some 80km NE of Mexico City, while flying in clouds.