C-130 Hercules News

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France's Armée de l'Air Welcomes First C-130J Jan 15, 2018 - Florence Parly, France's minister of the Armed Forces, officially welcomed the country's first C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the Armée de l'Air's 62st Transport Wing with a ceremony at Orléans-Bricy Air Base on January 15th. [Read more...]	First Joint Training in AMATS Course for 192nd Airlift Squadron Jan 11, 2018 - Marines with the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 out of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, N.C., the oldest continually active squadron in the Marine Corps, along with their J-model C-130 arrived here in Reno on Wednesday, January 10th. [Read more...]

Hercules toughens 514th AES Dec 28, 2017 - As mission starts go, things are starting to look tough. [Read more...]	Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group to support French Air Force fleet of C-130H's Dec 22, 2017 - Marshall has won the contract to provide engineering services to the French Air Force fleet of 14 Lockheed Martin C-130H aircraft. The contract has been awarded by the state-owned Service Industriel de l'Aéronautique (SIAé). [Read more...]
Maintainers help aircrews deliver bundles of joy Dec 14, 2017 - Four C-130J Super Hercules propellers create a humming sound as they power the aircraft, commonly referred to this time of year as "Santa's sleigh", down the runway to deliver bundles of goods to people living on some of the most remote islands in the world during the 66th Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from December 9 through December 19, 2017. [Read more...]	Santa’s on his way: 66th Operation Christmas Drop launches at Andersen AFB Dec 11, 2017 - The 66th iteration of Operation Christmas Drop took to the sky Dec. 11 as military leaders ceremoniously pushed the first pallet of donated toys, food, supplies and educational materials into a C-130J Super Hercules. [Read more...]
American Hero is honored with plane naming ceremony Dec 07, 2017 - December 7 is a date that stands out in American history, but on that date in 1918, a future West Virginia and Air Force legend named James Kemp McLaughlin was born in a small town in Braxton County, W.Va. [Read more...]	USAF’s newest C-130 joins Ramstein fleet Dec 06, 2017 - A crew assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron crossed the Atlantic Ocean to retrieve a brand new C-130J Super Hercules from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company production facility, in Marietta, Georgia, November 29th. [Read more...]
PACAF and AMC Provide Airlift for Vigilant Ace 18 Dec 06, 2017 - In preparation for exercise Vigilant Ace 18, three U.S. Air Force Bases: Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dyess AFB, TX, and Little Rock AFB, AR, came together to provide airlift support for the annual exercise, Vigilant Ace 18. [Read more...]	PAF’s oldest squadron celebrates 75th anniversary Dec 04, 2017 - The oldest squadron of the Pakistan Air Force, No 6 Squadron, celebrated its 75th anniversary at the PAF Base Nur Khan on Sunday. [Read more...]

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