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First Hercules flight from Australia to Antarctic ice runway
RAAF C-130J crew and Wilkins Aerodrome staff. [Photo Nick Watt]
Mar 02, 2020 - A newly modified Hercules aircraft has landed at Australia’s glacial runway, Wilkins Aerodrome, marking one of its longest ever flights. [Read more...]
J-model’s first big step
The RAAF and Lockheed Martin crew of the first RAAF C-130J (A97-440) at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta. Pictured are (then) Squadron Leader Robyn Williams and Flight Lieutenant James Blagg (third and fourth from left). [RAAF photo]
Sep 21, 2019 - When Australia announced its purchase of the C-130J Hercules in December 1995, few could imagine the challenges that would be faced bringing the aircraft into service. [Read more...]
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High-speed communications for RAAF C-130J Hercules fleet
RAAF C-130J #A97-448 from 37 Sqn is seen August 31, 2017 fitted with new Ka-Band SATCOM antenna and suite. The trial was conducted through support from industry partners in Airbus Group Australia Pacific, Inmarsat, Honeywell, and L-3 Communications, as well as Defence's own Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group. [Photo by CPL David Gibbs, © Commonwealth of Australia, DoD]
Apr 26, 2019 - High-speed internet on six of the Royal Austalian Air Force’s (RAAF) C-130J Hercules will provide Defence with increased flexibility when deploying on operations. [Read more...]
External fuel tanks trial on RAAF C-130J Hercules
RAAF C-130J Hercules #A97-440 fitted with external fuel tanks as part of a trial to determine the value of extra fuel capacity in the Hercules fleet as seen on November 14, 2018. [ Photo by CPL David Gibbs, © Commonwealth of Australia, DoD]
Nov 17, 2018 - External fuel tanks will be trialled on a pair of Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules transport aircraft over the next 12 months. [Read more...]
RAAF Hercules squadron celebrates its 75th anniversary
A formation of RAAF C-130J hercules fly over the Sydney region as part of the 75th Anniversary of No. 37 Sqn on July 13, 2018. [Photo by CPL David Gibbs, © Commonwealth of Australia, DoD]
Jul 13, 2018 - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has celebrated the 75th anniversary of No. 37 Squadron with a spectacular formation flypast of Sydney on July 13. [Read more...]
Maintainers help aircrews deliver bundles of joy
A crew chief with the 374th AMXS turns around after marshaling C-130J #15-5817 from 36 AS prior to its takeoff for a training sortie during the 66th Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen AFB, December 14, 2017. [USAF photo by SSgt. David Owsianka]
Dec 14, 2017 - Four C-130J Super Hercules propellers create a humming sound as they power the aircraft, commonly referred to this time of year as "Santa's sleigh", down the runway to deliver bundles of goods to people living on some of the most remote islands in the world during the 66th Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from December 9 through December 19, 2017. [Read more...]
Santa’s on his way: 66th Operation Christmas Drop launches at Andersen AFB
USAF C-130J #15-5813 from 36 AS lands during Operation Christmas Drop 2017, on December 6, 2017, at Andersen AFB. [USAF photo by A1C Christopher Quail]
Dec 11, 2017 - The 66th iteration of Operation Christmas Drop took to the sky Dec. 11 as military leaders ceremoniously pushed the first pallet of donated toys, food, supplies and educational materials into a C-130J Super Hercules. [Read more...]
Indonesian C-130 crashes into a mountain
Rescuers collect personal belongings of the victims of Indonesian Air Force C-130H #A-1334 that crashed in the mountainous area in Wamena, Papua province, Indonesia on December 18, 2016. The Hercules transport plane crashed in bad weather in the easternmost province, killing all on board. [Photo AP by Gerry Kossay]
Dec 18, 2016 - An Indonesian Air Force C-130H (#A-1334) has crashed into mountains in Kampung Minimo, Maima district in the East of the country on December 18, killing all 13 on board. [Read more...]
RNZAF air transport team clocking up kilometres in Middle East
Air Mobility Task Group members group photo at Australia's main logistics base, Middle East Region taken on August 16, 2016. A new ANZAC alliance has been formed on operations in the Middle East Region, with two C-130 Hercules detachments integrating together under one Task Group. The RNZAF C-130H Task Unit has joined the RAAF C-130J Task Unit under JTF633 AMTG to fly personnel and equipment around the MER supporting ADF Operations OKRA, ACCORDION and HIGHROAD and New Zealand's Operation TEAL. [Photo by SGT Rob Hack © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence]
Oct 17, 2016 - The New Zealand Defence Force’s air transport team in the Middle East has flown the equivalent of five round-the-world trips since their mission began in June. [Read more...]
USAF, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015
JASDF MSgt. Toyonaga Toshihisa, left, and TSgt. Takahashi Tetsuki’s, both 1st TAW loadmasters, look over the landing zone on the remote Micronesian island of Falalap from the back of a C-130 Hercules December 8, 2015, during Operation Christmas Drop. The 2015 Christmas Drop missions mark the first time the event includes trilateral air support from the JASDF and RAAF. [USAF photo by SSgt. Alexander Riedel]
Dec 09, 2015 - With the holiday season now in full swing, C-130 Hercules aircrews and support personnel from Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force and 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, began spreading cheer and joy while practicing critical humanitarian aid/disaster relief training by delivering donated goods via C-130 to more than 56 of the Pacific's most remote, populated islands. [Read more...]
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