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Photo taken by Andreas Rink, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.

München-Riem
ca. 1984

70-1271
Lockheed C-130E Hercules
382-4425
United States Air Force

70-1271 in desert camouflage at Riem.

Built in 1970, wfu and stored at Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (DMA / KDMA) in July 2009 (still there in December 2021, source: www.oxfordaviationgroup.co.uk/three-points-ryan-field-dav...).

Detailed history of this airframe:
www.c-130.net/aircraft-database/C-130/airframe-profile/7254

70-1271 at Ramstein in July 1978 (early camouflage scheme):
www.airhistory.net/photo/179090/70-1271/01271

70-1271’s "Sand Shark" nose art in April 1992:
www.c-130.net/g3/var/resizes/c-130-photos/North-American-...

70-1271 at RAF Fairford in July 1995 (later camouflage scheme):
www.flickr.com/photos/133813370@N04/53154801541

70-1271 at FRA in July 2001 (later grey scheme):
www.airhistory.net/photo/305386/70-1271/AF70-271

70-1271 stored at DMA in November 2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_bell_photography/49693391678

Scan from Kodachrome slide.