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RAF celebrates more than 15 years of C-130J training
CAE Medallion-6000 visual system showing two C-130Js flying through a valley in Scotland. [Photo CAE]
Apr 27, 2015 - On the eve of the International Training and Education Conference (ITEC), Europe's largest show for simulation and training, CAE and Lockheed Martin congratulate the Royal Air Force (RAF) on having operated its C-130J total training system for more than 15 years. [Read more...]
US confirms donation of C-130E to Ethiopia
USAF C-130E #62-1858 from 198 AS landing at Nellis AFB on October 22, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
Mar 02, 2015 - The United State Embassy in Addis Ababa has confirmed that a C-130E (#62-1858) has been gifted to the Ethiopian government to aid in the support of AU and UN peacekeeping operations. [Read more...]
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C-130E takes a Sunday drive in San Antonio
Retired and partially disassembled Air Force C-130E #64-0510 is towed across major San Antonio highways March 2 enroute from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to the 937th Training Group Medical Readiness Training Center at JBSA-Camp Bullis. C-130s are capable of operating from rough, dirt strips and is the prime transport for airdropping troops and equipment into hostile areas. [USAF photo by Airman 1st Class Kenna Jackson]
Mar 02, 2014 - A training airframe C-130 is moved through the streets of San Antonio from Kelly Field to Camp Bullis, Texas. Aircraft was C-130E #64-0510 (c/n 3994), a former Air National Guard Hercules that last served with the 198th Airlift Squadron based out of Puerto Rico. [Read more...]
Afghan pilots reach new heights with C-130
Afghanistan Air Force pilots Lt. Col. Aimal Sayedi Pacha and Lt. Khial Shinwari, pose for a photo before their first flight in a C-130H during training with the 62nd AS on September 3, 2013, at Little Rock AFB. [USAF photo by SSgt. Caleb Pierce]
Oct 24, 2013 - Team Little Rock Airmen, at home and downrange, are playing an integral role in standing up the Afghanistan Air Force's C-130 capabilities. [Read more...]
C-5 airlifts C-130 fuselage to Stratton
QUONSET POINT, R.I. -- A C-130 training fuselage is loaded onto a C-5 for transport to Stratton Air National Guard Base, N.Y. The New York unit will use the aircraft for training purposes. This was the first time a C-5 transported a C-130 fuselage.
Sep 18, 2008 - On September 10 a 105th Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy from Newburgh, New York, landed here with precious cargo - a training fuselage of C-130A #56-0550 that the 143rd AW in Rhode Island no longer needed. It was the first time a non-modified C-5 had carried this cargo. [Read more...]
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