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English: Pictured is a U.S 182nd Airlift Wing Illinois Air National Guard C-130 H3 Hercules at Kandahar Airfield in 2010.

The 182d Airlift Wing (182 AW) is a unit of the Illinois Air National Guard, stationed at Peoria Air National Guard Base, Peoria, Illinois USA.

C-130E is an extended-range development of the C-130B, with two underwing fuel tanks and increased range and endurance capabilities. US Command is the primary user, with more than 200 E models. The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard also fly the E model.

Kandahar Airfield, Kandahar Provence in Afghanistan was used by the RAF for combat operations from 2001 to 2014.

Part of Kandahar Airfield was known as RAF Kandahar, It operated RAF, Fleet Air Arm and Army Air Corps aircraft and was one end of the "Air Bridge" that started in RAF Brize Norton in the UK.All other ISAF airborne forces were also based there.

Kandahar International Airport as it was called originally is located some 10 miles South-East of the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan.

It is the country’s second international airport and one of its biggest military bases, it has the space for over two hundred military aircraft.

  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: 38GpPO-Official-20100714-174-028
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Foreign Aircraft, Aircraft, Equipment, Afghanistan, Theatres, Operations
  • Keywords: HERCULES, Tanker and Transport, Aircraft, Reconnaissance, International, Equipment, US Army, Dry, Hot, Climate, Weather, Afghanistan, airfield, Kandahar, KAF, US Air National Guard, 182nd, 182 AW
  • Country: Afghanistan
Date Taken on 14 July 2010, 17:03:37
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Author SAC Tim Laurence
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