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Marshall signs 14 year contract to support RNLAF C-130H fleet Dec 20, 2018 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has secured a contract with the Royal Netherlands Air Force to sustain its C-130H fleet through to its out of service date. [Read more...]	EC-130H, 15 years and nearly 42K combat hours in support of the Coalition mission Dec 15, 2018 - On a rainy, 40-degree evening at Bagram Airfield, EC-130H Compass Call maintainers and aircrew walk out to the flightline to work on their aircraft. [Read more...]

New era for 47 Sqn's exchange post with the USAF Dec 14, 2018 - On 12 December 2018, No. 47 Squadron held an informal ceremony to mark the end of their successful pilot exchange post with 15th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) and to begin their pilot exchange with 9th SOS. [Read more...]	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...]	External fuel tanks trial on RAAF C-130J Hercules Nov 17, 2018 - External fuel tanks will be trialled on a pair of Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules transport aircraft over the next 12 months. [Read more...]
Flight Engineer passes rare milestone Nov 14, 2018 - Working at 20,000 feet in a C-130 Hercules has been one Airman's passion for more than three decades of his 38-year career. [Read more...]	Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group delivers first Royal Bahraini C-130J Nov 13, 2018 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has delivered the first Royal Bahraini Air Force C-130J aircraft. [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...]

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