It's not something you see everyday - the sight of a massive RAF aircraft landing on a popular beach.
The C-130 Hercules touched down on Pembrey sands last week during a training exercise.
Pilots from RAF Brize Norton practised landings for two hours over three evenings, while a large section of the beach was closed off.
Images taken by Pembrey Airport show the enormous transport aircraft coming in to land on the beach with a stunning sunset as a backdrop.
A spokesman for Pembrey Airport said: "From time to time the RAF have training exercises here to train their pilots to land on the beach.
"They were pilots from RAF Brize Norton and they were doing it for about two hours in the evenings over two or three days.
"They probably carry out training exercises down here about five times a year.
"Sometimes they use two aircraft but this time it was just the one."
The Hercules is the RAF's primary tactical transport aircraft and has been the backbone of UK operational tactical mobility tasks since it was brought into service in 1999.
It is highly flexible and has the ability to airdrop a variety of stores and paratroopers, and can operate from natural surface landing zones.
It is frequently used to operate into countries or regions where there is a threat to aircraft as its performance, tactics and defence systems make it the ideal platform for tasks like these.
