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913 AG flies final C-130H model mission
USAF aircrew members and passengers of the last training mission flight in a C-130H for the 913th AG, pose for a photo after the flight at Little Rock AFB on January 28, 2016. (Standing L-R) MSgt. Dave Hemphill, flight engineer, SMSgt. Duane Moore, flight engineer, Lt. Col. James Trevino, navigator, Lt. Col. Neil Hede, pilot, TSgt. Derek Johnson, loadmaster, MSgt. James Cope, loadmaster, SrA Cody Greathouse, loadmaster, and Lt. Col. Keith Jasmin, pilot, (Kneeling L-R) Master Sgt. Geoff Begey, expeditor, Senior Amn Jennifer Franke, crew chief, SrA Kquamae Akins, crew chief, SrA Dawton McGaugh, crew chief, SSgt. Bryan Cheeks, engine mechanic and SrA Ariel Geldien, electronic environmental technician. [USAF photo by MSgt. Jeff Walston]
Feb 03, 2016 - The final C-130H model mission for the 913th Airlift Group, Air Force Reserve, was flown from Little Rock Air Force Base, on January 28, 2016, with a C-130H aircrew comprised of both active-duty and Reserve personnel, reflecting the active association the 913 AG has maintained with the 19 Air Wing’s 50th Airlift Squadron. [Read more...]
Reserve C-130 units take part in Swift Response
Major Rob Rettig, a pilot with the 934th AW in Minneapolis, pilots a C-130 over Ramstein, Germany. The flight was in support of exercise Swift Response. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor Saylor]
Aug 31, 2015 - Two Air Force Reserve C-130 wings are providing aircraft, aircrews and support personnel for Exercise Swift Response 15, a multinational training event in Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and Italy , Aug. 18 - Sept.12 . [Read more...]
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Nine C-130s fly from YARS during Round-Up
A cargo pallet is dropped from C-130H #90-9108 from 757 AS over Camp Ravenna, Ohio on August. 27, 2015. The aircraft was taking part in a nine C-130 formation training mission. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Rick Lisum]
Aug 28, 2015 - Residents of Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania had the chance to see a rare formation of nine C-130 aircraft as the culminating event of a week-long C-130 Round-Up skills competition and training event held Aug. 23-28. [Read more...]
Georgia Guard Dawgs drop 82d Airborne and French Foreign Legion Paratroopers in Corsica
A USAF C-130H Hercules aircraft from the 165th AW, Georgia ANG, drops French Foreign Legion paratroopers on May 28, 2014 in Corsica, France. [ANG photo by MSgt. Charles Delano]
Jul 07, 2015 - Seventy years ago, U.S., British, French and other allied soldiers prepared for the historic landings in Normandy, France. The carefully planned invasion signaled the beginning of the final battles of World War II and eventually led to the downfall of Nazi Germany and the rebuilding of Europe. Today, Germany, France, and Britain, are three of our closest allies. [Read more...]
Fourth C-130 touches down in Kabul
AfgAF C-130H #74-1665 touches down and taxi's at Hamid Karzai IAP, Kabul, June 20, bringing increased tactical airlift and mobility operations to Afghanistan. It is the fourth and final aircraft in the fleet delivered from the United States. [US photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura]
Jun 22, 2015 - A C-130 Hercules touched down at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 20, bringing expanded flight capabilities to the Afghan Air Force. [Read more...]
RNZAF Hercules celebrates 50th birthday at work in Pacific Islands
RNZAF C-130H #NZ7001 from 40 Sqn at RIAT 2004. [Photo by Asif Shamim]
Mar 24, 2015 - Hercules #NZ7001 turned 50, March 24 and is spending her birthday doing what she has so often done before - delivering aid in the Pacific. [Read more...]
Report details causes of December accident
Photo of damage sustained to C-130H #88-4404 from 95 AS number 4 engine after a mid-air collision with a C-27J from Army SOC on December 1, 2014. [Photographer unknown]
Mar 16, 2015 - Air Mobility Command released the results of its accident investigation board regarding a December 1, 2014, mid-air collision near Pope Army Airfield between a C-130H and an C-27J. [Read more...]
Cope South 15 launches in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Air Force C-130B #S3-AGC prepares to take off from Sylhet International Airport for a personnel drop mission during Exercise COPE SOUTH on January 25, 2015. [USAF photo by 1st Lt. Jake Bailey]
Jan 26, 2015 - U.S. Air Force and Bangladesh air force personnel took to the sky January 24 for the launch of Exercise COPE SOUTH 15, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise at BAF Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh. [Read more...]
Wyoming MAFFS crew receives Aircrew Distinction Award
Emergency crews are seen responding to an incident involving C-130H3 #92-1533 from 187 AS that made a hard landing at Hill AFB on August 17, 2014. The aircraft sustained damage including a small fire. [Photo by unknown]
Jan 15, 2015 - A guard, reserve and active duty aircrew aboard a Wyoming Air National Guard C-130H3, recently received the Air Mobility Command Chief of Safety Aircrew of Distinction Award for its efforts following a landing gear malfunction while fighting fires in southern Utah. [Read more...]
317th AG delivers during massive JFE
Eleven C-130H from various ANG units and thirteen C-130J from the 317th AG at Dyess AFB, prepare to take off from Dyess AFB in support of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B on December 6, 2014. [USAF photo by A1C Alexander Guerrero]
Dec 11, 2014 - On Dec. 6, eleven C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 317th Airlift Group participated in a joint forcible entry exercise at Nellis Air Force Base. That same morning, a combined 24 C-130H and J models from the 317th AG and multiple Air National Guard Bases from across the United States took off from Dyess Air Force Base. [Read more...]
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