Hercs on tour

Together for the ninth time, Polish and American C-130 crews trained at Powidz, Poland, as Krzysztof Kuska reports. C-130E 1505 (70-1276) kicks up dirt on the grass strip at the 33rd Transport Aviation Base. The operating unit for the Polish Hercules fleet is the 14. Eskadra Lotnictwa (14th Aviation Squadron) home-based at Powidz. All photos Piotr Łysakowski Polish and US aircrew huddle on the flight deck of a ‘legacy’ Hercules. For the 166th Airlift Wing overseas exercises are a very