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C-130 crashes near Savannah International Airport
May 02, 2018 - The aircraft (Indentified as #65-0968) from the 156th Airlift Wing, Puerto Rico Air Guard was on its retirement flight to AMARG, Arizona, when it crashed onto a roadway after departing Hilton Head Airport in Savannah, Georgia. [Read more...]
Yokota receives final C-130Js from Lockheed Martin
May 01, 2018 - Lockheed Martin recently delivered the final two C-130J-30 Super Hercules airlifters (#16-5841 & #16-5843) assigned to the U.S. Air Force installation at Yokota Air Base, Japan. [Read more...]
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C-130 crashes near Libyan oilfield
Apr 29, 2018 - A Libyan C-130 Hercules crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday April 29th after departing an airfield near El Sharara oilfield, killing three people, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced. [Read more...]
C-130J statue unveiling marks fleet complete
Apr 27, 2018 - To distinguish this milestone, Team Yokota gathered in front of the 374th Airlift Wing Headquarters building for the unveiling of a C-130J Super Hercules statue, April 27, 2018. [Read more...]
Pittsburgh unit making the switch from C-130s to C-17s
Apr 24, 2018 - The 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, is undergoing a significant mission change in order to meet the needs of the Air Force. [Read more...]
Air Guard, Reserve wings kickoff annual MAFFS training with the USDA Forest Service
Apr 23, 2018 - As temperatures heated up this week in northern California, aerial firefighters from four C-130 airlift wings operating the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) started a weeklong training today in anticipation of summer blazes. [Read more...]
Tyonek subsidiary to support A-Kit manufacturing & modification for C-130H
Apr 12, 2018 - Tyonek Services Overhaul Facility, a subsidiary of Tyonek Services Group, Inc. (TSG), will support Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) through manufacturing services and modification of C-130H model aircraft with the updated all-digital radar warning receiver AN/ALR-69A(V) RWR. SRC is the prime contractor. [Read more...]
Nevada Air Guard completes successful Green Flag exercise
Apr 11, 2018 - The Nevada Air National Guard's 192nd Airlift Squadron garnered a series of awards as the lead unit during the Green Flag Little Rock (GFLR) training exercise last February. [Read more...]
The C-130 Hercules leaves the Falkland Islands after 36 years
Apr 09, 2018 - On Thursday 5 April 2018, RAF Brize Norton, home of the Air Mobility Force, welcomed home the Hercules C-130 after completing 36 years of support to the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI). [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers first HC-130J Combat King II to CANG
Apr 06, 2018 - Lockheed Martin delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue tanker to the California Air National Guard on April 5 at the company's site. [Read more...]
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