to USA). In 2021 Poland ordered a batch of 5 surplus USAF C-130H under Excess Defense Articles program with deliveries expected until 2024. Portugal Portuguese Air Force Esquadra 501 – Montijo Air Base (BA6) (C-130H/H-30) Romania Romanian Air Force 90th Airlift Base – Otopeni-Bucharest (4 C-130B from 1996, 1 C-130H from 2007,1 C-130H from 2021) Sweden Swedish Air Force Sweden has operated eight C-130 aircraft (locally designated the Tp 84), originally delivered as C-130Es beginning in February 1965. They were upgraded to C-130H standard in the 1980s and are assigned to Skaraborg Wing (F 7), 3 Transportflygenhet based at Såtenäs. The first aircraft delivered as withdrawn from service on 9 June 2014, with the second scheduled to follow shortly. Turkey Turkish Air Force 222 Filo based at Erkilet (C-130B, C-130E) 7 C-130E Hercules (to be upgraded) 5 C-130B Hercules (With ELINT/SIGINT equipment) All C-130 aircraft in Turkish service were to begin a 56-month upgrade by Turkish Aerospace Industries termed the Erciyes Program. Two are to be done directly at TAI while the remainder will be upgraded by the Air Force under TAI oversight. Primary aim of the upgrade is to improve the avionics with 17 new systems and five upgraded ones. Turkish content in both hardware and software has been increased to reduce long term costs. United Kingdom Royal Air Force No. 24 Squadron – RAF Brize Norton (C.4/C.5) No. 47 Squadron – RAF Brize Norton (C.4/C.5) No. 206 Squadron – RAF Brize Norton (C.4/C.5) Formerly - No. 70 Squadron – RAF Lyneham (C.1/C.3) - converted to the Airbus A400M. No. 1312 Flight – Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands (C.1) Met Office Meteorological Research Flight – RAE Farnborough (W.2) North America Canada Canadian Armed Forces Air Command/Royal Canadian Air Force 8 Wing Trenton No. 424 Squadron RCAF – Trenton, Ontario (CC-130E/H T56-15) No. 426 Squadron RCAF – Trenton, Ontario (CC-130E/H T56-15) No. 436 Squadron RCAF – Trenton, Ontario (CC-130E/H T56-15), will operate all 17 Canadian Forces CC-130J transports due to arrive by April 2012 14 Wing Greenwood No. 413 Squadron RCAF- Greenwood, Nova Scotia (CC-130E T56-15 X3) 17 Wing Winnipeg No. 435 Squadron RCAF – Winnipeg, Manitoba (CC-130E + 5 CC-130HR(T)) Honduras Honduras Air Force 5 ex-USAF C-130A assigned to Transport Squadron - 1 converted to C-130D with status of 2 unknown and 3 C-130A stored Mexico Mexican Air Force 302 Air Squadron, Santa Lucía airbase, Estado de México (3 C-130K/L-100)