Santa nose art painted on a C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 374th Airlift Wing commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Christmas air drops to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Crews from the 345th and 21st Airlift Squadrons are assigned to fly the C-130 for the Christmas Drop '92 missions. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands.

A "Desert Phoenix" adorns the nose of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. The art was painted by Sgt. Darrin G. Roush of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing's aircraft generation squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, during Operation Desert Shield.

SPIRIT OF ABILENE nose art painted on a US Air Force (USAF) 317th Airlift Group (AG), Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX), C-130 Hercules. The 317th AG is at McChord AFB, Washington (WA), to participate in the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition.

A C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, sports menacing nose art during Operation Desert Shield.

Nose art stenciled on a US Air Force (USAF) 43rd Airlift Wing (AW), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), C-130 Hercules. The 43rd AW is at McChord AFB, Washington (WA), to participate in the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition.