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Propeller blade responsible for 2017 KC-130 crash that killed 16 service members
Dec 05, 2018 - Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane cruised over Mississippi at 20,000 feet, causing the KC-130T to break into pieces and plunge into a soybean field, killing 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman. [Read more...]
Five Marines missing, two rescued after F-18 and KC-130J collide off Japanese coast
Dec 05, 2018 - Two of seven Marines have been rescued after a "mishap" involving a pair of Marine Corps aircraft early Thursday off the coast of Japan. [Read more...]
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Brazilian C-130 makes belly landing at Anápolis
Sep 06, 2018 - A Brazilian Air Force (BAP) C-130H #2474 made an emergency belly landing at Air Wing 2 base in Anápolis with 45 crew and passengers on board. [Read more...]
Malaysian C-130H belly lands at Labuan Airport
Nov 18, 2017 - A Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130H belly landed at Labuan Airport at 14:00hrs local time on November 18th after declaring an emergency. [Read more...]
Air Force releases findings on C-130H mishap
Oct 11, 2017 - Pacific Air Forces completed an Accident Investigation Board following an April 2016 fatal mishap involving a C-130 Hercules and a 710th Special Operations Wing, Philippine Air Force airman at Subic Bay International Airport, Philippines. [Read more...]
USMC KC-130 crashes in Mississippi
Jul 11, 2017 - A USMC KC-130T from VMGR-452 crashed in the state of Mississippi on Monday at approximately 16:00hrs CDT near the Sunflower-Leflore county line about 85 miles North of Jackson, claiming the lives of 16 service members. [Read more...]
One year later: Torque 62 remembered
Oct 02, 2016 - Airmen from across Bagram gathered together to remember those lost when a C-130J Super Hercules, call-sign Torque 62, crashed on departure from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan one year ago. Six Airmen and five contractors were lost on October 2, 2015. [Read more...]
Accident report for Jalalabad C-130J crash released
Apr 15, 2016 - Air Mobility Command has released the results of an accident investigation that examined what caused the Oct. 2, crash of C-130J-30 #08-3174 during a takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, which killed all 11 individuals onboard and three Afghan Special Reaction Force (ASRF) members on the ground. [Read more...]
Flight Safety report released for RCAF CC-130H incident at Key West
Apr 10, 2016 - The Canadian Armed Force have released the accident report for RCAF CC-130H #130342 Air Tanker which sustained damaged on February 21, 2012 during a deployment to NAS Key West in support of CF-188 fighter aircraft from 410th TFS. [Read more...]
Indian Air Force C-130J crashes
Mar 28, 2014 - A newly acquired C-130J #KC-3803 belonging to the Indian Air Force has crashed near Gawlior in Madhya Pradesh after taking off from Agra. All five crew members on board have been killed. [Read more...]
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