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4th SOS receives first AC-130J Ghostrider Mar 13, 2019 - The 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, is now home to Air Force Special Operations Command's newest aircraft – the Block 30 AC-130J Ghostrider gunship. [Read more...]	Portuguese Air Force picks Collins Aerospace for C-130H modernization effort Feb 27, 2019 - The Portuguese Air Force joins a growing list of customers that have selected Collins Aerospace for its C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft modernization effort. Serving as a contractor to OGMA – Industria Aeronautica de Portugal, Collins will provide its Flight2™ aftermarket avionics solution, which delivers the most cost-effective and lowest-risk CNS/ATM upgrade solution. [Read more...]

317th ISO: keeping the C-130s ready Jan 18, 2019 - A car requires regular tune-ups and inspections to ensure that the vehicle is running correctly. The C-130J Super Hercules follow a similar cycle, requiring regular inspection and maintenance so that they don't have issues during a mission. [Read more...]	New Antarctica service puts Lynden on all continents Jan 11, 2019 - "Antarctica was the final continent on our checklist," says Lynden Air Cargo President Rick Zerkel. "Now we can cross it off." Lynden Air Cargo has joined a short list of operators that serve all seven continents by starting a new project in support of an Italian Antarctic Expedition team doing research on the icy land mass. [Read more...]
DynCorp International awarded USCG contract Dec 31, 2018 - The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Aviation Logistics Center, Long Range Surveillance Product Line Division, awarded DynCorp International (DI) the Progressive Structural Inspection and Depot Level Maintenance contract for C-130H and C-130J aircraft. [Read more...]	Marshall signs 14 year contract to support RNLAF C-130H fleet Dec 20, 2018 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has secured a contract with the Royal Netherlands Air Force to sustain its C-130H fleet through to its out of service date. [Read more...]
EC-130H, 15 years and nearly 42K combat hours in support of the Coalition mission Dec 15, 2018 - On a rainy, 40-degree evening at Bagram Airfield, EC-130H Compass Call maintainers and aircrew walk out to the flightline to work on their aircraft. [Read more...]	New era for 47 Sqn's exchange post with the USAF Dec 14, 2018 - On 12 December 2018, No. 47 Squadron held an informal ceremony to mark the end of their successful pilot exchange post with 15th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) and to begin their pilot exchange with 9th SOS. [Read more...]
Propeller blade responsible for 2017 KC-130 crash that killed 16 service members Dec 05, 2018 - Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane cruised over Mississippi at 20,000 feet, causing the KC-130T to break into pieces and plunge into a soybean field, killing 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman. [Read more...]	Five Marines missing, two rescued after F-18 and KC-130J collide off Japanese coast Dec 05, 2018 - Two of seven Marines have been rescued after a "mishap" involving a pair of Marine Corps aircraft early Thursday off the coast of Japan. [Read more...]

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