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UTC Aerospace Systems helps USN & ANG improve performance with C-130 NP2000 propeller upgrades Jul 16, 2018 - UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., today announced that it has been awarded a contract to support NP2000 propeller upgrades for 24 Lockheed Martin C/KC-130T aircraft for the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). [Read more...]	RAAF Hercules squadron celebrates its 75th anniversary Jul 13, 2018 - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has celebrated the 75th anniversary of No. 37 Squadron with a spectacular formation flypast of Sydney on July 13. [Read more...]

130th AW plane naming ceremony Jul 06, 2018 - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, joined the commander of the 130th Airlift Wing, Col. Johnny Ryan, to unveil a new name for one of the 130th AW’s C-130H (#95-6712) aircraft as “Pride of West Virginia” during a formal ceremony held today at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston. [Read more...]	‘That looks like a bad day': Vietnam veteran chronicles C-130 crew's courage over An Loc Jul 03, 2018 - "C-130 Goes Down on An Loc Ammo Run — No One Could Survive, but They Did," says a headline on an article about an April 18, 1972, crash by Stars and Stripes' Vietnam bureau. [Read more...]
Yokota’s C-130J Super Hercules makes its debut in Red Flag-Alaska Jun 18, 2018 - After a transition from the older C-130H Hercules model, the 36th Airlift Squadron are ready to provide tactical airlift throughout RF-A. [Read more...]	The Navy has landed Jun 07, 2018 - The first Department of the Navy C-130, flown by the Marines, has arrived at Robins Air Force Base as part of a new workload for base personnel. [Read more...]
74 years later, spirit of D-Day lives on Jun 06, 2018 - "Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: you are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." [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...]
Flying Jennies, wing members return from deployment May 22, 2018 - Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen and several C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 403rd Wing have returned from a deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operations Freedom Sentinel and Inherent Resolve. [Read more...]	Royal Bahraini Air Force personnel complete training at 24 Squadron May 15, 2018 - Personnel from the Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) have been training at No. XXIV Squadron (also known as No. 24 Squadron), based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. [Read more...]

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