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Dedicated crew chiefs say farewell to Tail No. #1303
Oct 19, 2020 - The 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit said farewell to one of its AC-130W Stinger II gunships as it took its final flight from Cannon on Oct. 19, 2020, before permanently retiring from air operations. [Read more...]
4th SOS, AMU make history with AC-130U
Jun 26, 2020 - An AC-130U Spooky gunship named ‘Big Daddy’ made history by being the first Spooky to ever receive a black letter initial on its status page before a flight, June 18, 2020. [Read more...]
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908th bids farewell to last ’85 model in fleet
Sep 11, 2017 - The last of the 908th Airlift Wing’s 1985 vintage C-130s, tail number 0035, known as the “City of Montgomery” departed Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., September 10, after 31 years of service with the unit. [Read more...]
Wing bids farewell to last HC-130N model
Aug 09, 2017 - The 920th Rescue Wing commander, Col. Kurt Matthews, and members of a hand-selected aircrew flew the wing’s last HC-130N King, Aug. 7 from Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, to be decommissioned. [Read more...]
AF's 1st HC-130 takes its final flight to retirement
Mar 07, 2017 - After more than 50 years of faithful service and rescue missions spanning the globe, King 52, #64-14852 the first HC-130P/N configured for Air Force rescue in 1964, retired March 6, 2017. [Read more...]
Crew chief, C-130E part ways
Dec 09, 2016 - Crew chiefs are the individuals who are essential in the upkeep and maintenance of aircraft, so it’s no surprise that they would be prone to remember certain aircraft. [Read more...]
186th AS C-130H retired by the Montana ANG
May 03, 2016 - Airman of the Montana Air National Guard came together to honor a recent retiree. A C-130 flown by the 186th Airlift Squadron was retired Monday afternoon. [Read more...]
First AC-130U Spooky retires
Sep 24, 2015 - The first AC-130U Spooky gunship to retire from the active fleet flew from its home following a small ceremony September 21st. [Read more...]
Air commandos retire final AC-130H Spectre gunship
May 27, 2015 - Members of the 27th Special Operations Wing gathered to officially retire the final AC-130H Spectre Gunship, tail number #69-6569 “Excalibur,” Tuesday. [Read more...]
Air Commandos bid farewell to MC-130P Combat Shadow
May 15, 2015 - The final two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft in the Air Force landed for the last time in front of more than 400 people during an MC-130P Heritage Flight on May 15. [Read more...]
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