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Hercules Strong: Navy Reserve Warfighting Requirements Team Visits C-130 Hercules Production Plant
Dec 05, 2022 - A warfighting requirements team from the Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve recently visited the historic United States Air Force Plant 6 in Marietta, Georgia, the production facility for an agile and responsive global air cargo capability seven decades in the making—the latest generation of the C-130 Hercules. [Read more...]
AFSOC conducts live-fire exercise with Rapid Dragon
Nov 11, 2022 - Two Air Force Special Operations Command wings partnered in a total force initiative to conduct the first live-fire demonstration of Rapid Dragon, a long-range palletized munitions system, in the U.S. European Command theater over Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, November 9, 2022. [Read more...]
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AFSOC receives final AC-130J
Nov 03, 2022 - Air Force Special Operations Command received its 31st and final AC-130J Ghostrider, completing the command's transition from the legacy AC-130W, AC-130U, and AC-130H fleets. [Read more...]
RAAF to add more C-130Js under Project AIR 7404
Nov 01, 2022 - The Australian Defence Department is replacing and expanding its current medium air mobility fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules aircraft via Project AIR 7404 Phase 1. [Read more...]
Legacy C-130 schoolhouse training continues after the arrival of NP 2000
Oct 27, 2022 - With the recent legacy C-130 fleet grounding due to cracks in affected propeller blades, units flying the aircraft across the Department of Defense were working around the clock to find alternative solutions to mission support. As the C-130H schoolhouse which trains all legacy C-130 aircrew stateside and overseas, the 189th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base felt the pressure and worked diligently to find a solution. [Read more...]
Texas Guard unit achieves 200k safe flight hours
Oct 21, 2022 - The 136th Airlift Wing reached 200,000 mishap-free flying hours, on October 21, 2022, achieving a historic milestone on a journey that began June 6, 1965. [Read more...]
71 RQS receive new HC-130J
Oct 19, 2022 - The 71st Rescue Squadron and 71st Rescue Generation Squadron received a brand-new HC-130J Combat King II (#19-5948) at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, on September 8, 2022. [Read more...]
EC-130J Commando Solo performs final broadcast
Sep 17, 2022 - Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing here, who operates the only flying military radio and TV broadcast platform in the U.S. military, transmitted their final broadcast today to spectators at the Community Days Air Show at Lancaster Airport, Lititz, Pa., bringing to close a 54-year chapter in unit history. [Read more...]
Wing completes aircraft modernization with the arrival of the eighth C-130J Super Hercules
Sep 11, 2022 - The 123rd Airlift Wing welcomed its eighth C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the Kentucky Air National Guard Base on August 25, completing the unit's transition from legacy C-130H transports. [Read more...]
193rd Special Operations Wing preps for mission conversion
Jul 25, 2022 - The 193rd Special Operations Wing is undergoing a substantial transformation of its primary mission. The wing is transitioning from its legacy EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft to the MC-130J Commando II. [Read more...]
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