▁use ▁by ▁its ▁Meteor ological ▁Research ▁Fl ight , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁class ified ▁as ▁the ▁Her cules ▁W . 2 . ▁This ▁aircraft ▁was ▁heavily ▁modified ▁( with ▁its ▁most ▁prominent ▁feature ▁being ▁the ▁long ▁red ▁and ▁white ▁strip ed ▁atmos pher ic ▁pro be ▁on ▁the ▁nose ▁and ▁the ▁move ▁of ▁the ▁weather ▁rad ar ▁into ▁a ▁pod ▁above ▁the ▁forward ▁fus el age ). ▁This ▁aircraft , ▁named ▁S no opy , ▁was ▁with dra wn ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁and ▁was ▁then ▁modified ▁by ▁Marshall ▁of ▁Cambridge ▁A eros pace ▁as ▁flight - test bed ▁for ▁the ▁A 4 0 0 M ▁tur bine ▁engine , ▁the ▁T P 4 0 0 . ▁The ▁C - 1 3 0 K ▁is ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁R AF ▁Fal cons ▁for ▁par ach ute ▁dro ps . ▁Three ▁C - 1 3 0 K s ▁( Her cules ▁C ▁M k . 1 P ) ▁were ▁upgrad ed ▁and ▁sold ▁to ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁Air ▁Force ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁En hanced ▁models ▁The ▁MC - 1 3 0 E ▁Com bat ▁Tal on ▁was ▁developed ▁for ▁the ▁US AF ▁during ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁to ▁support ▁special ▁operations ▁miss ions ▁in ▁S out heast ▁Asia , ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁both ▁the ▁MC - 1 3 0 H ▁Com bat ▁Tal on ▁II ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁family ▁of ▁other ▁special ▁miss ions ▁aircraft . ▁ 3 7 ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁models ▁currently ▁operating ▁with ▁the