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AC-130J drops first Laser SDB

AC-130J aircraft testing SDB's drops at White Sands missile range during the week starting December 12, 2016. [USAF photo]

Dec 02, 2016 - The 1st Special Operations Group Detachment 2 reached a milestone in the test phase of the AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft, here, late October, after completing the first release of a Laser Guided Small-Diameter Bomb. [Read more...]

58th SOW says goodbye to last Talon II

USAF MC-130H #86-1699 takes off from Kirtland and the 58th SOW en route to Hurlburt Field, where it will be assigned to the 19th SOS. [USAF photo by Todd Berenger]

Aug 02, 2016 - A mainstay aircraft at the 58th Special Operations Wing since its arrival in 1992, the MC-130H Combat Talon II is no more. The last Talon II, tail number #86-1699, departed for the 19th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., this morning. [Read more...]

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Air Commandos bid farewell to MC-130P Combat Shadow

USAF MC-130P Combat Shadows #66-0217 and #69-5819 from 9 SOS fly by during their final flight, May 15, 2015, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The final two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft in the Air Force landed for the last time at Hurlburt Field, Fla., in front of more than 400 people and will take their last flight to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, June 1. [USAF photo by A1C Ryan Conroy]

May 15, 2015 - The final two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft in the Air Force landed for the last time in front of more than 400 people during an MC-130P Heritage Flight on May 15. [Read more...]

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