This quarter's edition of "HNL RareBirds "Classic" features 93-2042 (msn 382-5371) of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron / 154th Wing. This Lockheed C-130H Hercules was photographed as it departed from Runway 8R in 2004.
93-2042's History:
___ 1994: Delivered to the 204th Airlift Squadron with the tail code HH.
Sep 2005: Re-assigned to the 169th Airlift Squadron, 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard based at PIA [General Downing Field, Peoria International Airport, Peoria, IL]; and is still in service.
The C-130Hs of the 204th AS were replaced by Boeing C-17A Globemaster IIIs in 2006.

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