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Georgia Guard C-130 accident report released
Major Erika Wonn and SMSgt Darrin Duncan preposition a C-130H3 #94-6706 from 158 AS for the beginning of the opening ceremonies for exercise Noble Partner 2017 at Tbilisi, International Airport on July 29, 2017. [Photo by TSgt Shaleata Christian]
Nov 19, 2020 - On 8 June 2020, at approximately 22:05 hours local time, C-130H #94-6706, was involved in a mishap during a routine mobility airlift mission from Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, into Al Taji (Camp Taji), Iraq, when it failed to come to a stop during landing, overran the runway, and impacted a concrete barrier. [Read more...]
USMC KC-130J and F-35B collide over California
USMC KC-130J #166765 from VMGR-352 is seen after it made an emergency landing after colliding with an F-35B fighter jet during a refueling operation over the Southern California desert near Thermal on September 29, 2020. [Photo from KESQ-TV via AP]
Sep 29, 2020 - A USMC KC-130J #166765 and F-35B from VMFA-121 collided during a refueling exercise around 16:00hrs local time over Southern California. The F-35 crashed near Naval Air Facility El Centro and the KC-130 made a forced landing in a farm field near the airport in Thermal. All the aircrew survived. [Read more...]
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Cameroon Air Force C-130H damaged after overshooting runway
AAC C-130H Hercules (serial unknown) sustained damaged after over shooting the runway in the countries Northern city of Maroua on August 2nd, 2020. [Photographer unknown]
Aug 04, 2020 - Cameroon's Ministry of Defence has confirmed one of its C-130 Hercules transport aircraft sustained damaged after over shooting the runway in the countries Northern city of Maroua on August 2nd. [Read more...]
No fatalities reported after Georgia ANG C-130 over shoots runway at Iraqi base
Major Erika Wonn and SMSgt Darrin Duncan preposition a C-130H3 #94-6706 from 158 AS for the beginning of the opening ceremonies for exercise Noble Partner 2017 at Tbilisi, International Airport on July 29, 2017. [Photo by TSgt Shaleata Christian]
Jun 08, 2020 - A C-130H aircraft overshot the runway at an Iraqi military base north of the capital on Monday 8th around 22:00Hrs without causing fatalities, the U.S.-led coalition said. [Read more...]
ATSB releases C-130 air tanker accident preliminary report
The tail of EC-130 #N134CG which crashed on Thursday lies amid debris in southern NSW. [Photo credit NSW Police]
Feb 28, 2020 - The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released their preliminary report on the crash of the Coulson Aviation EC-130Q, registered N134CG which was contracted to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service to support airdrops of fire retardant for the local bush fires. [Read more...]
C-130 firefighting aircraft crashes in Australia
Coulson Flying Tankers #N130CG is seen powering up on the ramp at Sacramento McClellan Airport on April 20, 2019. Note new paint scheme being used by Coulson. [Photo by TSTP350]
Jan 22, 2020 - An EC-130 firefighting aircraft from Coulson Aviation has crashed in the Monaro Area in Australian state of New South Wales while combating forest fires, killing three crew members. [Read more...]
Chilean C-130 missing enroute to Antarctica with 38 on board
Chilean AF C-130R #990 taken on September 19th 2018 at SCEL during Army day in Chile. [Photo by Simon Blaise Olivera]
Dec 10, 2019 - A C-130 Hercules (#990) took off from Punta Arenas and was en route to Antarctica when contact was lost at 18:13hrs. 38 people were travelling to provide logistical support to a military base on Antarctica's King George Island. [Read more...]
Propeller blade responsible for 2017 KC-130 crash that killed 16 service members
USMC KC-130 Hercules aircraft crashed in the Mississippi area on Monday with all on-board being lost.
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
USMC KC-130J #167981 from VMGR-152, taxi's into Antonio Bautista AB, Philippines, to load Philippine Marines, during exercise Balikatan 2015 on April 15, 2015. The Philippine Marines used the C-130 as transport from Puerto Princesa to Subic, where they will train shoulder to shoulder with Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force. [USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Wesley Timm]
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...]
PRANG WC-130 crash investigation results released
USAF C-130H #65-0968 from the 198th AS is seen landing at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport on October 8, 2016. [Photo by Carlos Aleman]
Nov 09, 2018 - Air Mobility Command released the results of its investigation into the WC-130H Hercules crash near Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, Georgia, May 2, that killed all nine Airmen on board. [Read more...]
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