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"Hollywood Guard" reaches milestone with 6-ship formation flight Jun 13, 2020 - Amid the challenges serving in the Air National Guard during the pandemic known as COVID-19, California Air National Guard maintainers from the 146 MXG and aircrew from the 115th AS collaborated to accomplish the launching of 6 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for the first time in over 20 years on May 26, 2020. [Read more...]	2,600 C-130 Hercules delivered 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 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...]	EC-130H, 15 years and nearly 42K combat hours in support of the Coalition mission Dec 15, 2018 - On a rainy, 40-degree evening at Bagram Airfield, EC-130H Compass Call maintainers and aircrew walk out to the flightline to work on their aircraft. [Read more...]
Flight Engineer passes rare milestone Nov 14, 2018 - Working at 20,000 feet in a C-130 Hercules has been one Airman's passion for more than three decades of his 38-year career. [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin's LM-100J Program achieves another milestone Oct 19, 2017 - Lockheed Martin's LM-100J commercial freighter program recently marked yet another successful achievement with the first flight of the second production LM-100J aircraft on October 11. [Read more...]
Yokota says farewell to the C-130H Oct 18, 2017 - After 43 years Team Yokota observed a historical milestone as the base sent off the last two active-duty C-130H Hercules in the Air Force. [Read more...]	Air Force bids farewell to last active-duty C-130H cargo plane Oct 16, 2017 - The last C-130H Hercules cargo plane in the active-duty Air Force bid sayonara to Japan on Monday. [Read more...]
Little Rock AFB modernizes fleet with final C-130J Jun 22, 2016 - A brand new C-130J aircraft delivered to Little Rock Air Force Base June 20, 2016, marks the beginning of a modern legacy of global reach capabilities. [Read more...]	Little Rock AFB receives Milestone C-130J Jun 21, 2016 - The 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, received a milestone Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifter on June 20th. [Read more...]

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