16-5873 (17-5873) - United States Air Force (HC-130J Hercules)

Photo of aircraft 16-5873 (17-5873) operated by United States Air Force

Photo by mr h

Aircraft Details

Frame Details
Serial382-5873
Line Number
First Flight
ModelHC-130J Hercules
StatusActive
Commentsthis is another C-130 frame with a confused identity, some quote FY16 and some FY17 so it is added as both
  Reg Airline Delivered Status
Not Seen It! 16-5873 (17-5873) United States Air Force 6/6/2019 Active

Key: Flown It! Flown It Seen It! Seen It Seen It! Not Seen It
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SIGHTINGS

Sighting Details Image
22/09/2025 - OTT - jonCarter29
21/09/2025 - STR - Franzen
16-5873 or 17-5873? Marked as LI 5873/AF16 see comment Paul
27/06/2023 - OTT - Docfinlay
26/06/2023 - CWL - jexeter
FOK - CWL
03/06/2022 - PIK - mr h
1115 KING11 Holding Point J at PIK.
31/05/2022 - PIK - JohnRMurdoch
KING11 YYT-PIK
26/05/2022 - EGPK - egpk1331
13/11/2020 - OTT - gemme380
KING11 AE61F7 Registration: n/a Country of registration: United States Aircraft Type: n/a LOCATION Position: 48.826°, -69.045° Air/Ground Status: airborne Position Age: 37.8s Distance: 63.6 NM SPEED Groundspeed: 185 kt IAS: n/a TAS: n/a Mach Number: n/a ALTITUDE Altitude (Barometric): ▲ 25 225 ft Altitude (Geometric): ▲ 24 775 ft Vertical Rate (Barometric): n/a Vertical Rate (Geometric): 512 ft/min DIRECTION Ground Track: 240° (SW) Track Rate: n/a Magnetic Heading: n/a Roll: n/a True Heading: n/a NAVIGATION Selected Altitude: 26 016 ft Modes: autopilot,lnav,tcas Selected Heading: 260° (West) QNH: 1012.8 hPa TRACKING INFORMATION Source: ADS-B Messages: 76 ADS-B Version: v2 (DO-260B) RSSI: -22.5 dBFS Category: A3 Last Seen: 13.7s Squawk: n/a Last Position: 37.8s ACCURACY NACP: EPU < 10 m SIL: ≤ 1×10-7 per flight hour NACV: < 3 m/s NICBARO: cross-checked RC: 25 m
12/08/2020 - OTT - Griffith
21/07/2020 - OTT - plumtim
Over London ex Mildenhall
21/07/2020 - OTT - saxonms
13/07/2020 - RMS - Hitman69