Editing Lockheed HC-130 (section)

===USCG HC-130H===
[[File:USCG-HC130H-1703-040901-15.JPG|thumb|right|USCG HC-130H departs [[Mojave Spaceport|Mojave]]]]

The HC-130H first flew on 8 December 1964.<ref name="HC130Href">{{cite web|url=https://cgaviationhistory.org/1959-first-of-the-hc-130-aircraft-were-obtained/|access-date=11 April 2020|title=1959 – First of the HC-130 Aircraft were Obtained}}</ref> The Coast Guard began equipping with the HC-130H in the late sixties and early seventies,.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cgaviationhistory.org/aircraft_/lockheed-hc-130-bhj-hercules/|access-date=11 April 2020|title=Lockheed HC-130 B/H/J "Hercules"}}</ref>
U.S. Coast Guard HC-130Hs were primarily acquired for long-range overwater search missions, support airlift, maritime patrol, North Atlantic [[International Ice Patrol|Ice Patrol]] and command and control of search and rescue, replacing previously operated [[HU-16 Albatross]] amphibious and [[C-123 Provider|HC-123 Provider]] land-based aircraft.  Like their USAF counterparts, [[USCG]] HC-130s also have the capability of air dropping rescue equipment to survivors at sea or over open terrain. They carried additional equipment and two 1,800-gallon fuel bladders in the cargo compartment.<ref name="HC130Href" />