page_title: Lockheed Martin KC-130
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Lockheed Martin KC-130 / Variants
caption_attribution_description: Two U.S. Marine Corps Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier aircraft receive fuel from a Marine Refueler-Transport Squadron 252 (VMGR-252) Lockheed KC-130R Hercules aircraft (BuNo 160625) during a flight out of Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina (USA), in 1978.
context_page_description: The Lockheed Martin KC-130 is a family of the extended-range tanker version of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft modified for aerial refueling. The KC-130J is the latest variant operated by the United States Marine Corps, with 48 delivered out of 79 ordered. It replaced older KC-130F, KC-130R, and KC-130T variants, while one USMC reserve unit still operates 12 KC-130T aircraft.
context_section_description: KC-130B
  Six C-130B models were modified into in-flight refueling tankers. 4 currently operating with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (all four to be upgraded to KC-130H standard), 2 with Indonesian Air Force.
  KC-130F
  Enhanced KC-130B, 46 built
  KC-130H
  Tanker variant of C-130H, 33 built
  KC-130R
  14 former USAF aircraft transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps. Six had refueling gear removed and were sold to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as C-130R aircraft.
  KC-130T
  Variant from C-130H, 28 built
  KC-130T-30
  Variant from C-130H-30, 2 built (source: http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Marines/Lockheed-KC-130T-30-Hercules/2166650/&sid=5951c5eac7ad46d6efdc40139e1a0cc4).  These have been transferred to the U.S. Navy and converted to C-130T-30s.
  KC-130J
  Variant from C-130J
caption: The VMGR-252 KC-130R, in this case BuNo 160625 (ex-AF Ser. No. 77-0321), was retired in 2008.
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