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OCD 24 concludes 73 years of bringing aid to Pacific islands
Dec 20, 2024 - Operation Christmas Drop 2024 concluded on December 14, marking 73 years of delivering aid to some of the most isolated communities in the world. [Read more...]
Lessons learned: Memories of Operation Just Cause remain 'vivid' for Hurlburt gunship crews, 35 years later
Dec 19, 2024 - For members of the special operations community, the memories of certain missions don't fade away with time. [Read more...]
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The Last Hercules: The 911th Airlift Wing bids farewell to the final C-130H
Dec 09, 2024 - The 911th Airlift Wing bid farewell to tail number #87-9282, the last of its remaining C-130H Hercules aircraft, on December 3rd, 2024, at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station. The moment emphasized the wing's completed transition to a C-17 Globemaster III mission in 2017, soundly punctuating a decades-long chapter as a tactical airlift wing. [Read more...]
U.S. C-130Js support Saudi-led airdrop exercise
Dec 02, 2024 - The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing recently launched a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 39th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in support of the Royal Saudi Air Force-led TUWAIQ-4 multilateral exercise occurring in early December 2024 within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. [Read more...]
First flight to ice for RNZAF’s new C-130J Hercules
Nov 26, 2024 - Flying one of the new Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) C-130J-30 Hercules to Antarctica for the first time was like getting out of an old manual truck and into a new SUV, the pilot says. [Read more...]
United States delivers C-130 aircraft to Tunisian Air Force
Nov 18, 2024 - The U.S. government celebrated the delivery of one C-130H2 Hercules aircraft to the Tunisian Air Force in a ceremony at Sidi Ahmed Air Base in Bizerte. [Read more...]
Marshall named first Lockheed Martin-approved Center of Excellence for C-130 Hercules center wing box replacements
Nov 04, 2024 - Marshall has been recognized by Lockheed Martin as the world's first authorized Center of Excellence for centre wing box replacements on the C-130 Hercules tactical airlifter. [Read more...]
Eglin pilot surpasses 10K hours in the C-130
Oct 02, 2024 - Ten thousand hours. It’s equivalent to 416 days, more than a full year of time. That’s the amount of hours Gary Hogg spent piloting the Air Force’s various C-130 Hercules models across his 41-year career. [Read more...]
Air Force legacy pilot visits beloved C-130 aircraft again
Sep 30, 2024 - An Air Force legacy pilot who was part of the first C-130 demonstration team in the 1950s, recently visited the 302d Airlift Wing at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, for a tour of a C-130H aircraft. [Read more...]
NOAA awards contract for next-generation hurricane hunter aircraft
Sep 27, 2024 - Today, NOAA announced that it has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, based in Georgia, for two specialized C-130J Hercules aircraft to become the next generation of NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft. [Read more...]
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