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Lockheed Martin KC-130 is a tanker (aircraft) / Transport, Overwatch / Ground support (Harvest HAWK variant) originating in United States. It was built by Lockheed Lockheed Martin. Reported operators include United States Marine Corps Royal Canadian Air Force.
United StatesKC-130J in the exact reference-pictured configuration
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KC-130J
Variant from C-130J
4 (two pilots, one crew chief and one loadmaster are minimum crew)
42,000 lb (19,051 kg)
97 ft 9 in (29.79 m)
132 ft 7 in (40.41 m)
38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
1,745 sq ft (162.1 m 2 )
root: NACA 64A318 ; tip: NACA 64A412
75,562 lb (34,274 kg)
164,000 lb (74,389 kg)
175,000 lb (79,379 kg)
61,364 lb (27,834 kg) (with external tanks)
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
4 × Allison T56 and Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprop engines, 4,637 shp (3,458 kW) each
6-bladed Dowty R391 constant-speed fully feathering reversible-pitch composite propellers
362 kn (417 mph, 670 km/h)
348 kn (400 mph, 644 km/h)
2,835 nmi (3,262 mi, 5,250 km)
28,000 ft (8,500 m) with 42,000 lb (19,051 kg) payload
3,127 ft (953 m) at 155,000 lb (70,307 kg)
Lockheed Martin KC-130 Super Hercules United States Aerial refueling / tactical airlifter KC-130J 2 It entered service in 2019.
KC-130J
Multirole Tactical Tanker
Lockheed Martin, Marietta, Ga.
5 (2 pilots, navigator, flight engineer, radio operator/loadmaster)
4
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19,356 kg
13,629 liter
25.91 m
2,272 liters per minute
29.79 m
11.66 m
40.41 m
162.12 m sq
2.77 m
3.05 m
12.22 m
2.81 m
3.30 m
129 cu m
34,686 kg
79,380 kg
70,310 kg
25.91 m
4 x Allison T56-A-15
Turboprop
4,591 hp each
36,636 liters internal
602 km/h
556 km/h
185 km/h
1,091 m
518 m
579 m/min
10,060 m
3,791 km
7,876 km
7,010 m
142 m
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No
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United States
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 lbs
Crew Five (two pilots, one ACS operator and two loadmasters)
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin
Range 4,275nmi
Specifications: Primary Function: Tactical refueling and Assault Support Date Deployed: 2004 Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.79 meters)
Specifications: Primary Function: Tactical refueling and Assault Support Date Deployed: 2004 Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.79 meters) Wingspan: 132 feet 7 inches (40.41 meters)
Specifications: Primary Function: Tactical refueling and Assault Support Date Deployed: 2004 Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.79 meters) Wingspan: 132 feet 7 inches (40.41 meters) Height: (Tail Height) 38 feet 3 inches (11.66 meters)
Specifications: Primary Function: Tactical refueling and Assault Support Date Deployed: 2004 Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.79 meters) Wingspan: 132 feet 7 inches (40.41 meters) Height: (Tail Height) 38 feet 3 inches (11.66 meters) Weight: Max. recommended gross take-off: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Specifications: Primary Function: Tactical refueling and Assault Support Date Deployed: 2004 Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.79 meters) Wingspan: 132 feet 7 inches (40.41 meters) Height: (Tail Height) 38 feet 3 inches (11.66 meters) Weight: Max. recommended gross take-off: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms) Airspeed: 320 Knots (0.54 Mach/ 368 miles per hour/ 593 kilometers per hour) Ceiling: 29,800 feet (9,083.04 meters)
Specifications: Primary Function: Tactical refueling and Assault Support Date Deployed: 2004 Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.79 meters) Wingspan: 132 feet 7 inches (40.41 meters) Height: (Tail Height) 38 feet 3 inches (11.66 meters) Weight: Max. recommended gross take-off: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms) Airspeed: 320 Knots (0.54 Mach/ 368 miles per hour/ 593 kilometers per hour) Ceiling: 29,800 feet (9,083.04 meters) Range: 3,548 nautical miles (4,082.97 miles/6,570.90 kilometers)
Specifications: Primary Function: Tactical refueling and Assault Support Date Deployed: 2004 Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.79 meters) Wingspan: 132 feet 7 inches (40.41 meters) Height: (Tail Height) 38 feet 3 inches (11.66 meters) Weight: Max. recommended gross take-off: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms) Airspeed: 320 Knots (0.54 Mach/ 368 miles per hour/ 593 kilometers per hour) Ceiling: 29,800 feet (9,083.04 meters) Range: 3,548 nautical miles (4,082.97 miles/6,570.90 kilometers) Crew: Pilot, co-pilot and crewmaster
Specifications: Primary Function: Tactical refueling and Assault Support Date Deployed: 2004 Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops Length: 97 feet 9 inches (29.79 meters) Wingspan: 132 feet 7 inches (40.41 meters) Height: (Tail Height) 38 feet 3 inches (11.66 meters) Weight: Max. recommended gross take-off: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms) Airspeed: 320 Knots (0.54 Mach/ 368 miles per hour/ 593 kilometers per hour) Ceiling: 29,800 feet (9,083.04 meters) Range: 3,548 nautical miles (4,082.97 miles/6,570.90 kilometers) Crew: Pilot, co-pilot and crewmaster Passengers: 92 troops or 64 paratroops
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Lockheed Martin KC-130 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ArgentinaAir Operations Command exact named equipment holdings: KC-130H Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) exact named equipment holdings: KC-130H. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
ChileAir Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130R Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
FranceReported count for Lockheed Martin KC-130 Super Hercules · KC-130J. Service scope: Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
GermanyReported count for Lockheed Martin C-130 Super Hercules · KC-130J. Service scope: Current fleet of the German Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 3. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
IndonesiaReported count for Lockheed KC-130 · KC-130B. Service scope: Indonesian Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
IsraelAir Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130H Hercules (Karnaf). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
ItalyReported count for KC-130J · KC-130J. Service scope: Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 4. Origin: USA. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Explicitly named source subset; this is not a whole-family total and does not cover other listed designs. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
JapanReported count for Lockheed Martin KC-130 · KC-130H. Service scope: Japan Air Self-Defense Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
KuwaitAir Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130J Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
MalaysiaReported count for KC-130 Hercules · KC-130T. Service scope: Royal Malaysian Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 4. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
MoroccoAir Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130H Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
PeruAir Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130H Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Saudi ArabiaAir Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130H Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
SingaporeAir Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130B Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
SwedenReported count for Lockheed Martin KC-130. Service scope: Swedish Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
United StatesMarine Corps Aviation Reserve exact named equipment holdings: KC-130J Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
UruguayAir Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130H Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings: KC-130H Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for KC-130 Super Hercules · KC-130J. Service scope: Royal Saudi Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. 2025 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Naval Aviation Reserve exact named equipment holdings: KC-130T Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Marine Corps Aviation exact named equipment holdings: KC-130J Hercules. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / TKR/TPT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
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