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Propeller blade responsible for 2017 KC-130 crash that killed 16 service members Dec 05, 2018 - Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane cruised over Mississippi at 20,000 feet, causing the KC-130T to break into pieces and plunge into a soybean field, killing 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman. [Read more...]	Five Marines missing, two rescued after F-18 and KC-130J collide off Japanese coast Dec 05, 2018 - Two of seven Marines have been rescued after a "mishap" involving a pair of Marine Corps aircraft early Thursday off the coast of Japan. [Read more...]

PRANG WC-130 crash investigation results released Nov 09, 2018 - Air Mobility Command released the results of its investigation into the WC-130H Hercules crash near Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, Georgia, May 2, that killed all nine Airmen on board. [Read more...]	Pakistani C-130 crash lands after training flight Nov 09, 2018 - A Pakistani Air Force C-130 (believed to be #4180) crash landed at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi on Friday. [Read more...]
Brazilian C-130 makes belly landing at Anápolis Sep 06, 2018 - A Brazilian Air Force (BAP) C-130H #2474 made an emergency belly landing at Air Wing 2 base in Anápolis with 45 crew and passengers on board. [Read more...]	Algerian Air Force C-130H skids off runway Jun 03, 2018 - An Algerian Air Force C-130H (Identifed as #7T-WHT) skidded off the runway at Biskra Air Base on Sunday, 450km South of Algiers, injuring the eight aircrew, Defense Ministry confirmed in a statement. [Read more...]
C-130 crashes near Savannah International Airport May 02, 2018 - The aircraft (Indentified as #65-0968) from the 156th Airlift Wing, Puerto Rico Air Guard was on its retirement flight to AMARG, Arizona, when it crashed onto a roadway after departing Hilton Head Airport in Savannah, Georgia. [Read more...]	C-130 crashes near Libyan oilfield Apr 29, 2018 - A Libyan C-130 Hercules crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday April 29th after departing an airfield near El Sharara oilfield, killing three people, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced. [Read more...]
Malaysian C-130H belly lands at Labuan Airport Nov 18, 2017 - A Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130H belly landed at Labuan Airport at 14:00hrs local time on November 18th after declaring an emergency. [Read more...]	KC-130J experiences loss of pressurization Aug 18, 2017 - At approximately 11:20hrs PDT, on August 15, a C-130J from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR- 352) departed Marine Corps Air Station Miramar with 46 passengers and experienced a loss of pressurization at 21,000 feet during a scheduled training mission. [Read more...]

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