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Chilean C-130 missing enroute to Antarctica with 38 on board
Chilean AF C-130R #990 taken on September 19th 2018 at SCEL during Army day in Chile. [Photo by Simon Blaise Olivera]
Dec 10, 2019 - A C-130 Hercules (#990) took off from Punta Arenas and was en route to Antarctica when contact was lost at 18:13hrs. 38 people were travelling to provide logistical support to a military base on Antarctica's King George Island. [Read more...]
53rd WRS reflects on 2019 hurricane season
USAF WC-130J #99-5309 from the 53rd WRS, aka Hurricane Hunters, taxis its way to its parking spot after completing its mission into Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 at Keesler AFB. In conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters, have flown 51 missions and approximately 500 flight hours in support of Dorian. [USAF photo by TSgt. Christopher Carranza]
Dec 03, 2019 - Andrea, Barry, Dorian, Fernand, Humberto, Jerry, Karen, Lorena, Nestor and Olga. At first glance one may think this is a list of popular baby names for the year, but in fact, they’re the names of 10 storms the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into during this year’s hurricane season. [Read more...]
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Last Air Force Wing to bid farewell to legacy of Combat Rescue aircraft
An HH-60G Pave Hawk receives fuel from HC-130P #64-14855 on May 5 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both aircraft belong to Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Florida. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo]
Nov 01, 2019 - The 920th Rescue Wing is celebrating the legacy of its HC-130P/N combat-rescue fleet as the wing expects to receive a replacement fleet of HC-130J in the Spring of 2020. This new airframe will not only replace the legacy HC-130 fleet but with its arrival also comes the elimination of two aviation career fields: Flight Engineer and Airborne Mission Systems Specialist. [Read more...]
2,600 C-130 Hercules delivered
USAF MC-130J #19-0865, the 2600th, C-130J seen on its delivery flight to the 9th SOS on October 22, 2019, [Lockheed Martin photo by Andrew McMurtrie]
Oct 24, 2019 - Lockheed Martin delivered the 2,600th C-130 Hercules tactical airlifter to U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command on October 21st. [Read more...]
Super Herculean Accomplishment: Global C-130J fleet surpasses 2 Million flight hours
USAF C-130J #10-5728 of the 314th AW [photographer unknown]
Oct 15, 2019 - Lockheed Martin announced today the global community of C-130J Super Hercules operators recently surpassed 2 million flight hours. These hours were logged beginning with the C-130J's first flight on April 5, 1996, through the end of July 2019. [Read more...]
J-model’s first big step
The RAAF and Lockheed Martin crew of the first RAAF C-130J (A97-440) at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta. Pictured are (then) Squadron Leader Robyn Williams and Flight Lieutenant James Blagg (third and fourth from left). [RAAF photo]
Sep 21, 2019 - When Australia announced its purchase of the C-130J Hercules in December 1995, few could imagine the challenges that would be faced bringing the aircraft into service. [Read more...]
Armée de l'Air Receives First KC-130J Super Hercules Aerial Refueler
The first KC-130J for France’s Armée de l'Air's 62st Transport Wing takes off from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia. [Lockheed Martin photo by Todd R. McQueen]
Sep 19, 2019 - Lockheed Martin delivered the first of two KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refuelers to representatives from France’s Armée de l'Air's 62st Transport Wing at Orléans-Bricy Air Base on September 19th. [Read more...]
Civilian Herk crash Lands
International Air Response C-130A #N121TG is seen at Cardiff Airport on October 4th, 2014. [Photo by Richard Vandervord]
Aug 25, 2019 - Small pieces of wreckage from a C-130 crash is all over a Santa Barbara runway in California. Fortunately everyone got out safely. [Read more...]
Building camaraderie at every altitude
A C-130H Hercules assigned to the 908th AW, Maxwell AFB, takes off from Boboc AB, to airdrop Romanian air force paratroopers August 2, 2019. The airdrops were in support of Carpathian Summer 19, a two-week joint exercise held to maintain joint readiness, build interoperability and strengthen U.S. relations with Romania. [USAF photo by SrA Malcolm Mayfield]
Aug 12, 2019 - Dozens of figures dot the sky, swifty descending into the golden Romanian fields as the aircraft that deployed them circles above, preparing for another airdrop in support of Carpathian Summer 19. [Read more...]
Cracks found in C-130 wing parts prompt partial grounding of fleet
USAF C-130H #93-1038 from 700 AS approaches the flight line for landing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska on May 10, 2018. [USAF photo by SrA Curt Beach]
Aug 08, 2019 - Nearly a quarter of the Air Force’s fleet of the C-130 Hercules is being grounded after “atypical” cracks were found on wing joints during maintenance, Air Mobility Command said. [Read more...]
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