PlaneTrack / aircraft / 87-9281

87-9281 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules

87-9281 is a Lockheed C-130H Hercules operated by United States Air Force, Mode-S hex code AE05DE. Track it live, browse its recent flights, or download its full position history.

Photo © Alexis Boidron / Planespotters

Registration87-9281

Mode-S hexAE05DE

ManufacturerLockheed

ModelC-130H Hercules

OperatorUnited States Air Force

Last seen2026-10-05 19:25 UTC

Last callsignPOSSE09

Recently active. Last received 29 hours ago, possibly beyond receiver coverage or landed.

Open the live map Buy full history (CSV) Free one-day sample API access

Flight history 16 flights since Oct 2025

Date	Callsign	From	To	Dep	Arr	Route
2026-10-05	POSSE09	?	KVPS	14:30Z	14:24 CDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.

Earlier flights (15) - back to 2025-10-06

Date	Callsign	From	To	Dep	Arr
2026-08-17	POSSE09	?	?	15:20Z	23:54Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-10	POSSE66	KLRF	?	10:22 CDT	19:50Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-01-07 (partial)	HAWG12	KLRF	?	12:55 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-01-07	HAWG21	KLIT	KLRF	14:05 CST	15:38 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-23	HAWG11	KLIT	KXNA	11:45 CST	12:58 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-23	HAWG11	KXNA	KLRF	13:25 CST	14:08 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-23	HAWG11	KLIT	?	10:41 CST	17:20Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-22	HAWG11	KLIT	KLRF	09:59 CST	10:22 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-22	HAWG11	SCHR	KBPK	14:00 -03	13:10 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-11	HAWG10	KLIT	KLRF	12:29 CST	13:04 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-11	HAWG10	KLIT	KLRF	14:42 CST	16:54 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-07 (partial)	HAWG21	KLRF	?	13:39 CDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-07	HAWG21	KLRF	KLIT	12:35 CDT	12:58 CDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-07 (partial)	HAWG21	KLRF	?	16:56 CDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-06	HAWG21	KLRF	KLIT	13:38 CDT	15:00 CDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.

Times are local to each airport. Hover for UTC. Tap Map to see the route flown. Partial records have a confirmed departure but no reliable arrival fix.

Data access

Live position and 365-day history for this aircraft are available through the PlaneTrack API (commercial use from $29/month) and as one-off CSV extracts from our archive (from $9.99, with a free one-day sample).