Blackbird Dirty 30 C-130J Luftwaffe 5971 Livery

Name: Blackbird Dirty 30 C-130J Luftwaffe 5971 Livery
Author: Crispy136

MSFSRepaint for Payware Model

Luftwaffe 5971 brings German military markings and a matching ground power unit to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, representing the Hercules fleet serving with the joint French-German transport squadron at Évreux. The repaint closely follows the real aircraft’s paint scheme and requires the short-body Blackbird Dirty 30 C-130J Hercules.

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Rate 116.2 MB Scanned clean · Nov 2026 Added today

By Crispy136 · 4 add-ons

Flight Simulator 2024 Flight Simulator 2020

Repaint — payware base required

Images & Screenshots

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These screenshots were supplied by the developer. Fly Away Simulation's exclusive in-sim screenshots for this mod are in production and will be added to this gallery.

A gray Luftwaffe four-engine transport aircraft flies with landing gear extended above patchwork farmland and towns beneath scattered clouds.

A gray Luftwaffe transport aircraft with four spinning propellers flies above a riverside village, fields, and forests beneath low clouds.

A gray Luftwaffe C-130J flies above patchwork fields and forests, with four propellers spinning beneath scattered clouds.

A Luftwaffe four-engine transport aircraft sits outside hangars with its rear cargo ramp lowered and ground support equipment beside the nose.

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Expert Overview

I’d recommend this to Hercules pilots who like their military repaints understated. The appeal for me is the attention given to an everyday transport scheme, without needing special-event artwork to make it worth choosing. It’s a paint job I’d happily keep using for routine cargo flights.

With the aircraft parked, I moved the external camera toward the nose; the black Luftwaffe titles read clearly against the gray, and the branded power unit looked right beside it. That ground equipment earns its place. I appreciate having the operator’s identity extend to something I’ll see before departure, not just the aircraft.

Crispy136 has painted Luftwaffe 5971 for the short-body Milviz (Blackbird) Dirty 30 C130J Hercules in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Made in response to a community request, the package covers one aircraft and includes a Luftwaffe-branded ground power unit. It requires the separately purchased payware aircraft.

The paintwork follows the real Luftwaffe livery as closely as the simulator’s 3D model allows. Germany operates its Hercules fleet as part of the joint French-German transport squadron at Évreux in France.

Installing Luftwaffe 5971

The base aircraft is not included. You must own and have installed the Milviz (Blackbird) Dirty 30 C130J Hercules for the livery to appear. This repaint supports MSFS 2024 only.

Copy the folder whose name starts with 2024 into your MSFS 2024 Community folder.

For troubleshooting and additional notes, refer to Readme_Me_1st.pdf included in the download. Crispy136 can be reached by personal message on Fly Away Simulation.

Restrictions and usage notes

These repaints are provided free of change and are not to be repurposed for inclusion with any commercial package or uploaded to any site without my permission. The use of the downloaded repaints is done at your own discretion and risk and with agreement that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from such activities.

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Free for all simmers · 116.2 MB · Scanned clean Nov 2026

File information

Filename

C130J-D30-Luftwaffe_5971_1_0.zip

File size

116.2 MB

Version

1.0

Added

9 November 2026

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Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

Download speed: Free tier is capped at 2 Mbps (this file takes approximately 8 mins at the cap). PRO members download at full line speed.

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Version history

1 release

v1.0 Current 9 Nov 2026 116.20 MB

Initial release.

How to install this mod

MSFS Repaint for Payware Model

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Locate your MSFS Community folder

All MSFS add-ons live in the Community folder. Microsoft Store / Game Pass version: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\. Steam version: %APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community\. Tip: enable Developer Mode in MSFS to see your exact Community folder path.
Copy the livery folder into Community

Drag the extracted livery folder into your Community folder. The base aircraft must be installed for the livery to appear.
Restart MSFS

Close MSFS completely and relaunch. The new content appears in the Content Manager, on the World Map, or in the aircraft/livery selector.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.