Vietnam Air War - Hercules

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Vietnam Air War - Hercules

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C-130 Hercules and its variants in Vietnam.

This mod offers my personal approach to the Hercules role in the Vietnam War. It is not intended to replace or compete with other packs. I recommend testing it before removing any older mods, as you may prefer one over the other.
 

Basic modding skills are required to run this mod.  (copy/paste, mod folder structure, etc.) 

Install:
Copy and paste specific folders into the correct destination.
Mod represents units that were involved in combat in Vietnam.
You need the fake pilot mod in your pilots folder to make it work properly.
 

The pack contains a few aircraft with quite simple ini files. There are no specific avionics and cockpit files. All is like in the original C-130 pack. 
Data.ini files call for some specific equipment, weapons etc. 
I have edited overgrown hit boxes...and some small things.

New skins with adjusted colors for the SEA scheme to match most of the common mods and my 'Vietnam era mods'. 
Some of you might remember that years back, I made a fake model covering the special mission Hercules used in the Vietnam War. All was covered by fake pilot mods. After a while, lucky us, Dels was kind enough to accept my offer, and he merged my fake pilot  3d mods into his C-130 series. Resulting in nice DC, HC variants. 
This pack contains aircraft that are focused on the Vietnam War involvement, so it differs in many ways from what Dels uploaded in his latest update. 
In this pack, among some small stuff, I fixed C-130E-I. Also, DC-130A and E have corrected weapon stations to carry drone variants as it was in real. 

C-130A 
First and most common Hercules used in Vietnam. Comes with three skin sets, early 'silver scheme'. SEA scheme covering USAF transport units operating in Vietnam and finally the South Vietnamese Air Force of 53rd Tactical Wing. covering 435th and 437th Transport squadrons. All serial numbers are historically correct for specific units.

C-130B 
Upgraded variant of Hercules, mostly used by the 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing as represented in this mod.

KC-130F
USMC Hercules - transport and tanker aircraft with all known serials that were part of MAG-15.

C-130E-I
Specialized version of C-130E modified by the Big Safari program, with the Fulton recovery system and some specialized equipment, which became the first of the Combat Talon aircraft series. 

DC-130A and DC-130E
Drone carrier and control aircraft.  Based on C-130 A and E variant. At some point, A variant receieved four blade propelers, but not in this mod. 

HC-130P Combat Shadow
Special mission aircraft designed for search, rescue, and recovery missions, supporting rescue helicopters in a tanker role. 

AC-130A
Gunship aircraft in its second variant Pave Pronto/Surprise Package.

as a additonal aircraft, I have added

C-130B-II 
modified by Big Safari C-130B aircraft for SIGINT mission. Few aircraft operated on Vietnam skies in that role for some time. I added all serial numbers for B-II, but not all were visiting Vietnam. I have confirmed a few that are marked by a dot in numbers.lst.

RC-130A
Modified C-130A for photo mapping and charting role. As a part of the 1370th Photo Mapping Wing - 1375th Mapping & Charting Squadron, visited Vietnam from 1966-1970, but was not involved in Combat operations. I added all serial numbers for RC-130A, but not all were visiting Vietnam. I have confirmed a few that are marked by a dot in numbers.lst.

There are three fake pilot mods:
AC-130A adding some details to the airframe
C-130B-II - adding fake fuel tanks, which in reality were mission equipment containers.
RC-130A - adding detail to the airframe. 

Note that bump maps are quite specific for every variant of Hercules in this mod. 

C-130 and cockpit models by Dels,
Skins, decals, and some edits, yours truly.
Pilota and fake pilot mods - yakarov
AQM drones - Me
1800 Gal fuel tank for tankers - Jarek H.
weapons (ECM pods and MER rack for AC-130A) by Ravenclaw

South Vietnam Air Force C-130A serial numbers based on Daddyairplanes ' work/mod

Have fun.

While C-130 models are not mine and you are free to use them as you wish, this mod (skin sets, fake pilots) or any part of it in this current form should not be used in any campaign, mission pack, or any mod without my permission.

 

Thanks for all your kind support.

Jarek Hereda

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• Submitter
  yakarov79
• Submitted
  05/30/2026
• Category
  C-130