Polish Air Force C-130E Hercules hits tree tops in Afghanistan
The Polish Air Force managed to damage C-130E Hercules serial 1506 in Afghanistan in early February 2010. The Herc is operated by 14 Eltr based at Powidz.
This particular Hercules is only on loan to the Polish Air Force, it arrived in Poland in
November 2009 from Ramstein airbase in Germany where it was based with the USAF as serial FY 70-1299 c/n 4527 ( ie 40 years old ).
See the link below to Flightglobal for more details and photos showing the substantial damage to the wing root area.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/22/338666/pictures-poland-grounds-hercules-fleet-after-afghan.html
More photos on this Altair report
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