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Lockheed Martin to build a new training center for Binational French, German C-130J Squadron
French Air Force KC-130J #61-PR from ET 02.061 is seen taking to flight on November 26, 2019. [Lockheed Martin Photo by David Key]
Nov 19, 2020 - French and German C-130J Super Hercules aircrews and maintainers will train in a facility located in France, built and equipped by Lockheed Martin for the countries’ binational C-130J Super Hercules Squadron. [Read more...]
CAE USA awarded $200 million USAF C-130H ATS contract
CAE USA will be the prime contractor on the C-130H Aircrew Training System program that supports the training of USAF C-130H aircrews. [USAF photo]
Sep 26, 2018 - CAE announced that CAE USA has been awarded a United States Air Force (USAF) contract to provide comprehensive C-130H aircrew training services. [Read more...]
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Learning Together – Philippine & U.S. Air Forces
A group of aircraft maintenance students from the Philippine Air Force and the USAF work together to remove the turbine from a C-130H Hercules training engine during an aircraft maintenance course on August 23, 2017, at Yokota AB. The course is the first bilateral Philippine U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance class to be taught at Yokota by the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 15. [USAF photo by A1C Donald Hudson]
Aug 25, 2017 - Different uniforms, different languages, it made no difference as members of the Philippine Air Force and U.S. Air Force learned how to tear down and build up a C-130H Hercules engine during a training course conducted by the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 15. [Read more...]
Dobbins, other Reserve C-130 units team up for training exercise in Rockies
Two C-130H Hercules from the 94th AW, Dobbins ARB. are parked on the flightline at Peterson AFB on August 3, 2017. The two aircraft participated with other C-130s in high-altitude airdrops in the Colorado Rockies. [USAF photo by SrA Lauren Douglas]
Aug 04, 2017 - Train as you fight and fight as you train. So goes the old adage about putting in the work required in practice to perform effectively under pressure. The same is true for Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, as it must prepare its C-130s to perform in a variety of locations as required by the mission. [Read more...]
Yokota C-130J completes first training sortie
SSgt. Christopher Hofer, 36th AS loadmaster, flips a fuel panel switch during the first Yokota C-130J Super Hercules training sortie over the skies of Japan March 20, 2017. By flipping the switch, the crew members are able to properly balance the fuel tanks. [USAF photo by SSgt. David Owsianka]
Mar 22, 2017 - This flight allowed the crew to familiarize themselves with the newest C-130 model. The pilots completed approach, landing and en route procedures training; while also familiarizing themselves with the airspace. [Read more...]
375th AES plays vital support role for Air Force
Contractors work with the military to help move C-130H #74-2131 on February 23, 2017 at Scott AFB. The FuT allows for hands-on muscle memory of configuration, placement of in-flight kits, electrical, oxygen, emergency exits, etc. 100% of readiness skills are completed for the Aeromedical Evacuation Technicians. [USAF photo by SrA Tristin English]
Feb 22, 2017 - The 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron’s mission is to provide Theater Aeromedical Evacuation System capabilities to support group, wing, numbered Air Force, major commands and Air Force missions. [Read more...]
815th Airlift Squadron flies four-ship training mission
An 815th AS C-130J aircraft flies over the Mississippi Gulfcoast during a four-aircraft training mission on September 11, 2016. The aircraft took off from Keesler AFB, and airdropped simulated cargo and heavy equipment over Stennis International Airport, Mississippi. [USAF photo by TSgt. Ryan Labadens]
Sep 11, 2016 - The 815th Airlift Squadron “Flying Jennies”, an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing here, flew a four-aircraft training exercise today, their first multi-element training mission since the squadron found out in 2015 that it was no longer scheduled for inactivation. [Read more...]
Maintenance University provides intensive training for Air Guardsmen from 5 states
An aerial porter from the Kentucky ANG’s 123rd AW waits to offload cargo from a Connecticut ANG C-130H #80-0322 at the Air National Guard’s Air Dominance Center in Savannah on June 13, 2016. Airmen from the Connecticut unit are participating in Maintenance University here, a weeklong course designed to provide intensive instruction in aircraft maintenance. [ANG photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer]
Jun 16, 2016 - More than 260 Air National Guardsmen from five states are attending a unique, weeklong course in aircraft maintenance here to enhance proficiency in everything from hydraulics to electrical generation. [Read more...]
Citizen Airmen share aerial spray know-how
A modified U.S. C-130 aircraft, assigned to the 910th AW, sprays water simulating a pesticide solution during a field exercise as part of the DoD Aerial Spray Certification Course at the Lee County Mosquito Control District flightline on January 13, 2016. [USAF photo by MSgt. Bob Barko Jr.]
Jan 15, 2016 - Citizen Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing’s highly-specialized aerial spray unit facilitated the Department of Defense's (DoD) Aerial Spray Certification Course at the Lee County Mosquito Control District Training Center on January 11-14, 2016. [Read more...]
$80 Million Training Contracts Awarded to Lockheed Martin
RAF C-130J Hercules C4 [Photo by Asif Shamim ]
Apr 27, 2015 - Lockheed Martin continues to advance C-130 aircrew and maintenance training under recent contract awards from the U.S. Air Force valued at more than $80 million. [Read more...]
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