Hurlburt Field Virtual Air park Tour: The MC-130

Wow ...so the scene in “the dark knight” was real.....

SPECIAL OPERATIONS USE
The MC-130E first entered the Air Force inventory in 1966. The MC-130E Combat Talon was a version of the C-130E Hercules cargo transport modified for special operations. The MC-130E was equipped with aerial refueling equipment, terrain-following/ terrain avoidance radar, an internal navigation system, a high speed aerial delivery system and the surface-to-air Fulton Recovery System. The special navigation and aerial delivery systems were used to locate small drop zones and deliver people or equipment with greater accuracy and higher speeds than possible with a standard C-130E. The aircraft was also able to penetrate hostile airspace at low altitudes and crews were specially trained in night and adverse weather operations. The
MC-130E could carry 26 combat-equipped personnel. During Operation DESERT STORM, the MC130E air-dropped
13 BLU-82/B general purpose bombs and completed multiple leaflet dispersal missions as well as performing its secondary role of combat search and rescue.
MC-130E TAIL #64-0567 HISTORY
Aircraft #64-0567 was the first fixed-wing aircraft to land using Night Vision Goggles on 26 Nov 1979. The aircraft also flew during Operation URGENT FURY in Grenada. Later, this aircraft was the first Combat Talon to undergo the first phase of the extensive MOD-90 conversion project which consisted of critical upgrades to the aircraft's radar systems navigational suite. During Operation JUST CAUSE, #64-0567 was the lead aircraft of a five-ship formation that served as the conflicts first assault on 19 Dec 1989 at Rio Hato, AB, Panama and later exfiltrated Manuel Noriega from Panama on 2 Jan 1990.

There’s no such animal as Talon 1. It’s just Talon.