Royal Malaysian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules.
Registration: M30-11.
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a medium-weight military transport aircraft from Lockheed. It is a four-engine turboprop aircraft in use by many air forces.
The aircraft was designed in the mid-1950s and, after the English Electric Canberra in 2001 and the B-52 Stratofortress in 2005, is the third military aircraft to fly for more than 50 years with its first customer (USAF) in 2006.
In all those years, more than 40 different models have been sold to more than 50 countries.
This picture was taken on 18 May 2025 during LIMA 2025 held on the Malaysian island of Langkawi.
Nice detail in this photo: the moon can be seen in the background.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…