Algerian Hercules visits Iran

Keyvan Tavakkoli ALGERIAN AIR Force (Al Quwwat Al Djawia Al Djaza’eria/Force Aérienne Algérienne) C-130H-30 7T-WHN (c/n 4894) was a surprise visitor to Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, in late October. The aircraft’s mission remains unknown, but it is understood to have been transporting highranking Algerian officials. Algeria received its first seven C-130H-30s between July 1981 and June 1984, and an eighth in November 1990. An attrition loss occurred in February 2014. Another ten short-fuselage C-130Hs were delivered between March and September