Editing Lockheed HC-130 (section)

===U.S. Coast Guard operations===
[[File:USCG C130 Hercules.jpg|thumb|right|USCG HC-130J]]
[[File:Helicopter aerial refueling.jpg|thumb|One of the [[920th Rescue Wing]]'s HC-130P Hercules "Combat King" aircraft refuels one of the wing's [[HH-60G Pave Hawk]] helicopters.]]

The [[United States Coast Guard]] operates 18 HC-130H aircraft from three bases around the United States:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.overview.uscg.mil/Assets/ |access-date=7 August 2018 |title=Operational Assets |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228101221/http://www.overview.uscg.mil/Assets/ |archive-date=28 February 2018 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

* [[Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater|CGAS Clearwater]], Florida
* [[Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak|CGAS Kodiak]], Alaska
* [[Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point|CGAS Barbers Point]] (formerly [[NAS Barbers Point]]), Hawaii<ref name=uscg2>{{cite web | title =HC-130 "Hercules" Long Range Surveillance Aircraft | work =Aircraft and Cutters | publisher =U.S. Coast Guard | date =16 February 2007 | url =http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/hc-130.asp | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20061229000509/http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/hc-130.asp | url-status =dead | archive-date =29 December 2006 | access-date =1 August 2007 }}</ref>

These aircraft are used for search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties, illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, International Ice Patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel transport.<ref name=uscg1/>

The [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] also currently operates an additional 9 HC-130J aircraft from [[Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City|CGAS Elizabeth City]], North Carolina.

Neither the HC-130H nor the HC-130J in their U.S. Coast Guard variants are equipped for the aerial refueling of helicopters.