C-130 Book List

C-130 Hercules Reference List

**C-130 Specific Literature**
Archer, Bob & Dorr, Robert F. & Hewson, Robert. Lockheed C-130 Hercules. World Air Power Journal, Volume 18, p. 50-109. Aerospace Publishing Ltd. 1992. Archer, Robert J. C-130 Hercules. Aviation News Warpaint no. 5, 1979. Bailey, Rob. Support, Save, Supply. Hercules in the Gulf War. Airlife, 1992. Bowman, Martin W. Lockheed C-130 Hercules. 1999. Brown. Albert C-130 & the Blue Angels. A4 Sky Jt. 1981. Bunrin-Do. Famous Airplanes of the World no. 79: Lockheed C-130 Hercules. Tokyo, 1976. Caidin, Martin. The Long Arm of America. E.P. Dutton and Co. 1963. Caidin, Martin. The Mighty Hercules. E.P Dutton and Co., 1964. Dabney, Joseph. Herk, Hero of the Skies. Cobblehouse Books, 1979, revised 1986. Davis, Larry. Gunships: A Pictorial History of Spooky. Squadron/Signal Publications, 1981. Drendel, Lou. C-130 Hercules in Action. Aircraft no.47, Squadron/Signal Publications, 1981. Francillon, Rene J. C-130 Hercules Variant Briefing Part 1,2,3. World Air Power Journal, Volume 6-8. Aerospace Publishing Ltd. 1991-1992. Gaines, Mike & Goulding, James. Hercules (Jane's Aircraft Spectacular). 1985. Hinebaugh . Flying Upside Down. United States Naval Institute, 1999. Laming, Tim. Hercules: The C-130 in Service. Motorbooks International, 1992. Leader, Ray. Colors and Markings of the C-130 Hercules : Special Purpose Aircraft (Colors and Markings, Vol 7). 1987. Lee, Robert Mason. Death and Deliverance. Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1992. Mackintosh, Ian. C-130 Pictorial. Airline Publications and Sales, 1979. Mason, Francis K. Lockheed Hercules. Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1984. McGowan, Sam. The C-130 Hercules: Tactical Airlift Missions, 1956-1975. Tab Books Inc., 1988. Morris, M.E. C-130: The Hercules (Airpower, No 1009) . Presidio Press, 1989. Muniandy, Andy. Hercules, The RAF Workhorse. A Muniandy, 1993. Olausson, Lars. Lockheed Hercules Production List, 1954-2001. Feb, 2000. Peacock, Lindsay. The Mighty Hercules: The First Four Decades. RAF Benevolent Fund, 1994. Pereira, Wilf. Raf Lyneham : Hercules Super Station in Action. 1990. Reed, Arthur. C-130 Hercules (Modern Combat Aircraft 17). Motor Books, 1984. Reed, Chris. Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Its Variants. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1999. Smith, Peter C. C-130 Hercules: World's Favourite Military Transport. Airlife, 2001. Turner, Paul St. John. Profile 223: Lockheed Hercules. Profile PublicationsLtd., 1971. Vaughan, David Kirk. Runway Visions : An American C-130 Pilot's Memoir of Combat Airlift Operations in Southeast Asia, 1967-1968. McFarland & Company Inc., 1998. Verlinden, Francois. Lock On No.3 : Lockheed C-130 Hercules. Verlinden Productions, Inc., 1986. Wilson, Stewart. Dakota, Hercules and Caribou in Australian Service (Australian Airpower Collection) 1991.

**C-130 Novels**
Archer, Michael. *Firebombers Incorporated. 2001. Dickinson, Richard H. Hurricane Alley. Berkley Publishing Group, 1990. Innes, Hammond. Target Antarctica. Pan Books Ltd., 1993.(1st Pub by Champan Books, 1993) Morris, M.E. The Icemen.* Pocket Books, 1989. Smith, John Templeton. The Fifth Freedom. Zebra Books, 1991. (1st pub 1988 by Viking/Penguin) Zeybel, Henry. *Gunship: Spectre of Death*. Pocket Books, 1987.

**C-130 Mission Related Books**
Ballard, Jack S. Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships 1962-1972. Office of Air Force History, 1982. Bohrer, David. America's Special Forces: Weapons, Missions, Training. (very short illustrated section about Talons and Gunships) Bowers, Ray L. Tactical Airlift: The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Office of Air Force History, 1983. (Book goes into great detail about the many the misisons during Vietnam war) Chinnery, Philip D. Any Time, Any Place : Fifty Years of the USAF Air Commando and Special Operations Forces, 1944-1994. United States Naval Inst., 1994. (note: in paperback title changed to Air Commando) Gropman, Alan L. Lt. Col. Airpower and the Evacuation of Kham Duc. Monograph 7 of the USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series, Volume V. Air War College Haas, Michael. Apollo's Warriors. Jolly, Randy. Air Commandos. Aero Graphics, 1994. Kyle, James H. The Guts to Try. Primer Publications, 1994. (detailed account of the failed Iran Hostage rescue) Nyc, Frederick F. *Blind Bat: C-130 Forward Air Controller: Ho Chi Minh Trail. Eakin Publications, 2000. Orr, Kelly. From A Dark Sky: The Story Of U.S. Air Force Special Operations. Presidio Press, 1996. (different accounts of Spec Ops missions, many involving C-130s) Robbins, Christopher. Air America: The Story of the CIA's Secret Airlines*. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. (paperback in 1985 by Avon books)

**Miscellaneous References and Other Stuff**
Francillon, Rene J. The United States Air National Guard. Aerospace Publishing, 1993.(good reference of ANG units and displays most of their insignia) Badrocke, Mike & Gunston, Bill. Lockheed Aircraft Cutaways: The History of Lockheed Martin. Osprey Aviation, 1998. ISBN 1-85532-775-9 March, Peter R. International Air Tattoo 94. RAF Benevolent Fund, 1994. ISBN 0-9516581-7-4 (lots of great Herk Pictures, anniversary year) Pearcy, Arthur. A History of US Coast Guard Aviation. Airlife 1989.

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