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Airmen deploy to Portugal for Real Thaw 18 Feb 01, 2018 - Approximately 50 Airmen and two C-130H3 Hercules assigned to the 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, arrived at Monte Real Air Base, Portugal January 29, 2018 to participate in Real Thaw 18, a Portuguese-led exercise. [Read more...]	Arkansas ANG launches C-130 AMP for final flight Jan 31, 2018 - With only two engines running, the final C-130H designed for the avionics modernization program left the 189th Airlift Wing Jan. 3, 2018, from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. to arrive at its final destination at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group’s “Boneyard." The aircraft will be reused as parts for other C-130H aircraft within the C-130 military fleet. [Read more...]

L3 delivers first HC-130J to the USCG Jan 31, 2018 - L3 Technologies announced today that it has delivered the first production HC-130J aircraft integrated with a next-generation Minotaur Mission System Suite (MSS+) to the U.S. Coast Guard for improved long-range surveillance capabilities. [Read more...]	Upgraded C-130 arrives for testing Jan 17, 2018 - The first to cut through an unusual afternoon fog was the sound that seemed like a swarm of millions of insects angrily buzzing in unison. Then, the nose of a C-130 popped through that dense whiteness followed by 32 spinning blades creating the ominous sound. [Read more...]
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...]

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