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Lockheed delivers first HC-130J Combat King II to the AETC.
Sep 28, 2011 - Lockheed today delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II, aircraft number 09-0109 to the USAF’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC). [Read more...]
Lockheed delivers all four C-130Js to Qatar
Sep 28, 2011 - At ceremony today at the Lockheed facility Marietta, Georgia, company officials formally delivered all four C-130J's on September 28, 2011 to the State of Qatar. [Read more...]
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Stealth C-130 Replacement
Aug 19, 2011 - Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) researchers have embarked upon a critical set of experiments designed to test a new Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) transport vehicle concept. [Read more...]
First Qatar C-130J takes flight
Jun 08, 2011 - The first of the four C-130Js ordered by the Qatar Emiri Air Force had it's first flight today from the factory site at Marietta, Georgia on June 8, 2011. [Read more...]
MC-130J First Flight
Apr 22, 2011 - The first Combat Shadow II for the United States Air Force Special Operations Command has completed its first flight at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia. [Read more...]
Indian AF celebrates induction of first C-130J
Feb 05, 2011 - The Indian AF celebrated the induction to service of its first Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules at Hindon Air Force Station, India, on February 5, 2011. [Read more...]
Student training keeps Little Rock airlift unit 'hopping'
Jan 27, 2011 - As C-130J Super Hercules aircraft hop around the countryside of Afghanistan almost daily delivering supplies and troops to the forward operating bases, it is easy to see why the 48th Airlift Squadron's "Hoppers" feel such a vested interest in the fight - they've been training the Air Force's C-130J pilots and loadmasters since 2004. [Read more...]
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