MC-130H Combat Talon II Scale Model (Free Shipping)

Item#: AC130HTR

MSRP Price: $221.95

Factory Direct Price: $159.95

Wing Span: 16.00"
Length: 14.50"

Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin

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Introducing Factory Direct Models MC-130H Combat Talon II Scale Model Airplane, This Model Airplane Replica was hand crafted with absolute precision using the finest Philippine Mahogany. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this historic military warplane into an incredibly desktop display model.

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MC-130H Combat Talon II History:

The Lockheed MC-130 is the basic designation for a family of special-missions aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. Based on the C-130 Hercules transport, they are designed to provide infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply of special operations forces, as well as psychological operations support and helicopter air refueling. Variants include the MC-130E Combat Talon I, MC-130H Combat Talon II, MC-130P Combat Shadow, and MC-130W Combat Spear.

The MC-130H Combat Talon II first entered active service in 1990. Originally designed to replace the Combat Talon I, an increase in the requirement for special-operations-capable aircraft stalled plans to retire its older cousin. The Combat Talon II features a stronger airframe and modifications to the rear and aft cargo doors. The electronics suite has been upgraded, and includes Global Positioning System navigation, special radars for navigating in adverse weather, and night-vision capability. These new technologies allow the Combat Talon II to fly as low as 250 feet (76 m) above ground level in the weather, and make faster, more accurate airdrops. Increases in automation also reduce the aircrew by two.

The first combat deployment of a Combat Talon II was in 1996 when special operations units were deployed to Liberia where crews assisted in the evacuation of 2000 civilians from the American embassy when the country broke down into civil war. Similar circumstances brought the Combat Talon II to Zaire in 1997. Later that year, MC-130H missions carried commando units into Cambodia. A Combat Talon II aircrew earned the Mackay Trophy for an embassy evacuation mission in the Republic of the Congo in June 1997. The crew rescued thirty Americans and twenty-six foreign nationals, and involved twenty-one hours of flight time.