HERCULES WITH INVASION STRIPES: A USAF C-130H Hercules assigned to the 96th Airlift Squadron flies over Minnesota, July 16, 2019. The plane’s WWII invasion stripes honor the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Originally activated as the 96th Troop Carrier Squadron, the 96th dropped 101st Airborne Division paratroopers in Normandy during the D-Day invasion.