This section was created to display C-130 related patches in several categories. I've become addicted to collecting patches and wanted to share the images with anyone else interested.  Patches for C-130 flying squadrons for all branches of the military including foreign countries can be viewed by visiting the C-130 Squadron Pages. This section contains patches for special missions, modifications, special events, deployments, support units, and other miscellaneous insignia. If you have a good scan of a patch, or one you would like to donate or trade, send me a note at webmaster@spectrumwd.com.   I have a web page just for Patch Trading that has a list of patches that I currently have available for trade purposes to swap with other collectors. Note: The patches on this page are not for trade or sell.

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Special Missions & Modification Patches 

Gunships

• AC-130 Spectre The Night Hides Not (Vietnam era)
• Bail Out Qualified: Spectre (Vietnam era)
• AC-130 Gunship Bent Nail Qualified (Vietnam era, used when acft had experienced battle damage)
• AC-130 Frequent Wind, Saigon 1975 (CAS of evacuation of Saigon)
• AC-130 Gunship 100+ Missions (image courtesy of Glenn Haley)
• AC-130A 100 Missions Spectre
• Ship of Blazing Fools (Vietnam era, early gunship program patch)
• 16 SOS Spectre Vietnam era
• 16 SOS Gunner Shovel Qualified (Vietnam era)
• AC-130 Spectre Battle Damaged Qualified image courtesy of Tony Petruso
• AC-130A Fabulous Four Engine Fighters (Vietnam era)
• Fabulous Four Engine Fighters (Vietnam era)
• AC-130 Flight Examiner (Vietnam era)
• Spectre: Patience my Ass I'm gonna Kill Something (Vietnam era)
• Jane Fonda-traitor; we will not forget  (image courtesy of Glenn Haley)
• Triple A Qualified Spectre (Vietnam era) image courtesy of Phil Hawkshead
• AC-130H  SOFI Test Team (obtained at Lockheed Ontario, early 90s)
• Spectre AC-130U, Rockwell International (early 90s)
• AC-130U Spectre Gunship (before U-models separated from the 16 SOS)
• AC-130U Test Team (early 90s)
• AC-130U Dual Target Attack (early 90s)
• AC-130U loadmaster
• AC-130U round souvenier patch
• Spooky AC-130U
• 4th SOS Spooky Gunner (Korean made)
• AC-130 Sensor Operator (Korean made)
• AC-130 Spectre Gunner (Korean made)
• C-130 Hercules Unchained (souvenir type patch)
• Spectre patch variation
• Spectre Trail Blazer (Vietnam era reproduction)
• C-130 Ghost Rider (image courtesy of Bob Mebane)
• Herky's from Hell, 16 SOS Desert Storm image courtesy of Bob Mebane
• Spectre Gunship AC-130 rectangular patch donated by Bart Jingst
• Spectre AC-130 Gunship (early version of the spectre logo)

Combat Talons

• Lucky 7, Combat Talon I (patch for aircraft 64-0561 donated by B. Jingst)
• Up and Stable, Inbound and Hot, Talon 01 (crew patch)
• Combat Talon I used by the 7 SOS when stationed in Germany
• Combat Talon LAS Flight Test image courtesy of Diana Nittel
• MC-130E Combat Talon SOFI  donated by Bart Jingst
• Talon II Stray Goose
• MC-130H Test Team Combat Talon II donated by Bob Mebane
• Combat Talon II Combined Test Force image courtesy of Diana Nittel
• With the Guts to Try Combat Talon II
• Lockheed Combat Talon II (made by Lockheed mod team)

Other Missions

• HC-130H That Others May Live image courtesy of Andrew Chaplin
• BC-130B loadmaster patch image courtesy of Jim Farrar
• Combat Shadow Test Team image courtesy of Joe Hebert
• Electric Herk "Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" image courtesy of Bob Mebane
• ABCCC III (Airborne Battlefield Command Control Center)
• Joint Airborne Communication Center/Jackpot image courtesy of Glenn Haley
• WC-130J Test Team image courtesy of Gary Chambers
• NASA C-130 Earth Survey image courtesy of Ed Thomas
• ASSETS crew member 40th FTS, Eglin AFB
• DC-130 Flight Examiner
• DC-130H Cyrano image courtesy of Louis Amadio
• HTTB Lockheed Experimental Test Team image courtesy of Ed Thomas
• AWADS Airlines, If we don't drop it, it ain't ....
• E-Flt, 21st TCS image courtesy of Ralph Krach
• Blind Bat beret patch image courtesy of JW Cook
• Blind Bat 100 Missions image courtesy of JW Cook
• Blind Bat 176 Missions image courtesy of JW Cook
• Blind Bat, 374 TCW Det 4 image courtesy of JW Cook
• Blind Bat patch image courtesy of Mel Copeland
• Blind Bat, 150 missions over the trail image courtesy of Mel Copeland
• Son Tay Raiders patch  image courtesy of  Steve Bush

C-130J patches

• C-130J World Tour 98
• C-130J Flight Engineer
• C-130J Flight Test Team (worn by Marshall Aerospace test crews) image courtesy of Eric Czerwinski
• C-130J First To Fly DCMC, Marietta
• Lockheed C-130J Flight Test image courtesy of Ed Thomas
• C-130J Flight Test Team image courtesy of Jeff Smat
• C-130J Operational Test Team image courtesy of Jeff Landis
• C-130J AFFTC DT USAF Team
• C-130J Model Test Team
• USMC KC-130J Tanker Lockheed-Martin image courtesy of Eric Czerwinski
• 37 Squadron C-130J-30 patch Donated by Colin Tigwell

Modification & Project patches

• AWADS, ? origin
• Terrain Following Radar (old patch) image courtesy of Bob Fitzpatrick
• Self Contained Navigation System Team (SCNS) LSI
• Skyhook (Fulton Recovery system)
• Lockheed Project 46 (Fulton recovery) patch donated by the 8th SOS)
• Lockheed Apollo project (patch donated by Diana Nittel)
• Lockheed Quiet Knight project (patch donated by Diana Nittel)
• Lockheed Rivet Fire project image courtesy of Soppy
• Lockheed Senior Hunter project image courtesy of Diana Nittel
• Duke Kit Acorn image courtesy of Diana Nittel
• Lockheed Senior Scout project image courtesy of Soppy
• Senior Scout/ Rivet Joint Dual Qualified
• Big Safari LAS Flight Crew image courtesy of Lee Spain
• Lockheed Pacer Coin image courtesy of Diana Nittel
• EC-130V Delphi image courtesy of Bill Zurick
• World Wide Color TV, Lockheed image courtesy of Bill Zurick
• Rivet Rider WCTV image courtesy of Steve Zsarko
• Comfy Levi, EC-130 mod for the 193d SOS image courtesy of  Terry Walton
• Compass Call QRC Projects (Det 4, 645 MATS (old 2762 LSS) and Lockheed) image courtesy of Jody Harley

Special Event and Deployment Patches

• 317th AW Desert Foxes Squadron
• Kenya-Somalia Operation Restore Hope
• 38th AS (P) Delta, image courtesy of Andrew Chaplin
• 1610th Airlift Division, Airlifters of the Arabian Peninsula
• Desert Shield '90
• 191st Airlift Group 6-pack deployed image courtesy of Thomas J. Creek
• 363 EAS at Prince Sultan Air Base
• 763 EAS at Seeb International Airport, Oman image by Gary Chambers
• 4411th RQS (P) Combat Shadow
• 4411th RQS (P) GMC-130E Combat Talon
• 4410 Airlift Squadron Provisional
• Desert Shield, Lockheed C-130H Riyadh
• Desert Storm 1675 TAS Provisional image courtesy of Lee Spain
• 1681 TAG/ #1 in the Kingdom (Desert Storm era) image courtesy of Glenn Haley
• Joint Force Delta Squadron 98 patch courtesy of Gary Chambers
• United Nations Joint Forge 98 patch courtesy of Gary Chambers
• Southern Air Transport/ Somalia Relief patch donated by Chicken man
• Joint Endeavor 96
• Joint Endeavor "Delta Squadron"
• Provide Promise Joint Task Force 86 AW
• 314 TAW/ JT Provide Relief image courtesy of Aaron Creamer
• Air Force/Marines JAATT Y627 Aug 90 image courtesy of Glen Haley
• Provide Promise Joint Task Force image courtesy of David Halter
• Expeditionary Aerospace Power USAFE  image courtesy of Lee Spain
• 374 TAW Det 4 Blind Bats, 67-68 era image courtesy of Sonny Cook
• Phnom Phen Cambodia Airlift circa 1974 (Det 6 of 6th APS) image courtesy of  Joe Wachs
• Skylift '87 Lockheed image courtesy of Lee Spain
• Asian Aerospace '86 Lockheed Hercules image courtesy of Aik Leone
• 40th Anniversary International Air Tattoo 1994 image courtesy of Bart Jingst
• International Air Tattoo 1989- Sea Search
• International Air Tattoo 1989 - Wings of Peace
• 1979 International Air Tattoo
• Oklahoma ANG 50th Anniversary
• Kentucky ANG 123 TAW C-130 #2000 image courtesy of Bob Mebane
• Someone over 40 you can Trust image courtesy of Bob Mebane
• Volant Oak
• Air Cargo Yard, Operation Deep Freeze image courtesy of  Sandy Campbell
• WINFLY 1984/Antarctica image courtesy of Ed Thomas
• 40 Sqn RNZAF Operation Ice Cube image courtesy of Lee Spain
• Blue Ice/ 17 TAS mission image courtesy of Nolan W. Bailey
• Christmas Drop: 374 TAW Santa's Helper
• 317 TAW Bravo Sqd patch for Mildenhall rotation
• An Loc High-Low club image courtesy of Rick Ivars
• An Loc Low Level 1972 image courtesy of Rick Ivars

See Scott's Airlift Rodeo Site for rodeo competition patches

Other Patches with C-130 in the Design

• 15th Physiological Training Flight -Kadena AB
• Southern Air Transport mission patches
• 483 TCW Flying Safety Award 1958 image courtesy of  Gene Collins
• 1550 AMS HC-130P Aircrew Training
• Dutch Hercules Association
• Mystery Patch?
• Sky Scooters C-130 Vietnam era (origin unknown)
• Flight Examiner C-130, Vietnam era (origin unknown)
• Hercules Cruise Lines (1998, 2 AS deployment patch)
• Combat Ops (353rd SOW)
• 67th Intelligence Group, Det. 2 (EC-130)
• 123 TRW: Hey Herky, Welcome to my Old Kentucky Home
• 62 MAW: C-130 Simulator
• 5th MAPS
• C-130 Military Airlift Command
• Military Training Support Squadron (Kirtland AFB, NM)
• 9th AF IG Stan/Eval
• 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron patch donated by Bob Mebane
• 191 Airlift Group "6 Pack" image courtesy of Gary Chambers
• 374th AW Special Ops Pathfinder
• Det. 4 2762 LSS
• 440 Combat Support Group (Fire Protection patch from 440AW AFRES)
• Base Fire Department Patches (C-130 in their design)
• Blue Angels, Fat Albert Airlines
• The Four Horsemen 774 TCS image courtesy of Ed Thomas
• MAC Select Lead crew
• LAS-Pride Lockheed patch
• Simu-Flite Instructor
• Hercules Flight Training Center Flight Sim Center
• Simu-Flite Hercules Flight Training Center image courtesy of Jeff Smat
• Alaska ANG, 176 MAPF
• Florida ANG 125 FIG
• Minnesota C-130 Hercules "We Haul Ass"
• Montana ANG C-130 Hercules
• Oregon C-130 patch donated by Rob Low
• South Carolina C-130H
• HALO Loadmaster image courtesy of Dennis Featherngill
• When you need HERK aid
• Generic Lockheed C-130 Hercules patches

C-130 Maintainer Patches

C-130 Challenge Coins