{"id":3906,"date":"2025-07-22T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2025-08-02T19:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T19:30:06","slug":"polish-air-force-c-130e-fairford-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/?p=3906","title":{"rendered":"Fairford 2025    Polish Air Force HERCULES C-130E REG1501"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-black-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background\">FAIRFORD 2025 it was great together with friend and ex Hercules pilot instructor In the Cockpit of the Hercules of the Polish Air Force Hercules C-130E REG 1501 ex USAF it turned out that ex USAF Todd Shugart Pilot flew on this static Herc for years, including 100 flights to Iraq during the night Todd gave me and the Polish crew a brief explanation of what had changed in the Cockpit when he last flew on it was a bit emotional for him he said Todd on the left right Polish Pilot on the photo!<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3907\"  src=\"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8443-kopie-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8443-kopie-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8443-kopie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8443-kopie-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8443-kopie-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8443-kopie-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-3 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3908\"  src=\"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8444-kopie-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8444-kopie-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8444-kopie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8444-kopie-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8444-kopie-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8444-kopie-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" 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\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-9 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3912\"  src=\"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8436-kopie-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8436-kopie-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8436-kopie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8436-kopie-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8436-kopie-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8436-kopie-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8472-kopie-2048x1091.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-15 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3917\"  src=\"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8469-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8469-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8469-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8469-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8469-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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