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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...]	C-130 with rich heritage enhances training and readiness Aug 29, 2018 - In late March 2018, an MC-130P Combat Shadow out of Moffett Federal Field, California, took its final flight to Sheppard AFB, where it would continue its legacy of supporting the Air Force as a maintenance trainer for Airmen in Training. [Read more...]

Red Flag in the Last Frontier: it’s a bear fight Aug 23, 2018 - Crossing paths with an aggressive mother black bear. Losing his footing and plummeting down the jagged terrain of a 3,500-foot mountain peak. He knows his adversaries, and he’s prepared to confront them. [Read more...]	Air Station Kodiak receives first HC-130J Aug 21, 2018 - Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak welcomed the first HC-130J Super Hercules to Kodiak, Alaska, Monday. [Read more...]
Héroux-Devtek announces multi-year contract to manufacture the landing gear for the C-130J Jul 18, 2018 - Héroux-Devtek Inc., a leading international manufacturer of aerospace products, today announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to manufacture the landing gear for the C-130J Super Hercules. [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin introduces LM-100J 'FireHerc' at Farnborough International Airshow Jul 16, 2018 - Lockheed Martin today at Farnborough International Airshow (FIAS) introduced the LM-100J "FireHerc," a civil-certified firefighting airtanker variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules that is the airlifter of choice for 18 nations around the world. [Read more...]
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...]

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