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RNZAF C-130J's taking shape
May 12, 2023 - A key C-130J project milestone was celebrated this week, as representatives from New Zealand, Defence personnel, and Lockheed Martin senior staff gathered for a bulkhead signing ceremony at the factory in Marietta Georgia, USA. [Read more...]
15th SOS crews deliver final MC-130H to the boneyard
Apr 02, 2023 - There are certain details that members of the U.S. Air Force Combat Talon community will never forget. [Read more...]
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RNZAF students begin first iteration of C-130J upgrade training
Mar 07, 2023 - The 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 4, recently began teaching its first iteration of mechanical and technical courses for 16 members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers first C-130J-30 Super Hercules to the Indonesian Air Force
Feb 21, 2023 - Lockheed Martin delivered the first of five C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifters to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) during a ceremony on February 21st, 2023, commemorating a new era in Hercules operations for this longtime C-130 operator. [Read more...]
193rd Special Operations Wing welcomes new aircraft, mission
Feb 07, 2023 - The first MC-130J Commando II aircraft arrived at Middletown, on February 2, 2023, achieving a major milestone in the 193rd Special Operations Wing's mission conversion. The 193 SOW is the first, and currently the only, Air National Guard unit to receive the Commando II mission, a flagship mission of Air Force Special Operations Command. [Read more...]
The 130th AW's first all-female aircrew took flight from Yeager Field
Jan 20, 2023 - The 130th Airlift Wing's first all-female aircrew took flight from Yeager Field, on January 20th. [Read more...]
Hercules Strong: Navy Reserve Warfighting Requirements Team Visits C-130 Hercules Production Plant
Dec 05, 2022 - A warfighting requirements team from the Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve recently visited the historic United States Air Force Plant 6 in Marietta, Georgia, the production facility for an agile and responsive global air cargo capability seven decades in the making—the latest generation of the C-130 Hercules. [Read more...]
AFSOC conducts live-fire exercise with Rapid Dragon
Nov 11, 2022 - Two Air Force Special Operations Command wings partnered in a total force initiative to conduct the first live-fire demonstration of Rapid Dragon, a long-range palletized munitions system, in the U.S. European Command theater over Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, November 9, 2022. [Read more...]
AFSOC receives final AC-130J
Nov 03, 2022 - Air Force Special Operations Command received its 31st and final AC-130J Ghostrider, completing the command's transition from the legacy AC-130W, AC-130U, and AC-130H fleets. [Read more...]
RAAF to add more C-130Js under Project AIR 7404
Nov 01, 2022 - The Australian Defence Department is replacing and expanding its current medium air mobility fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules aircraft via Project AIR 7404 Phase 1. [Read more...]
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