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Air Guard, Reserve wings kickoff annual MAFFS training with the USDA Forest Service Apr 23, 2018 - As temperatures heated up this week in northern California, aerial firefighters from four C-130 airlift wings operating the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) started a weeklong training today in anticipation of summer blazes. [Read more...]	Tyonek subsidiary to support A-Kit manufacturing & modification for C-130H Apr 12, 2018 - Tyonek Services Overhaul Facility, a subsidiary of Tyonek Services Group, Inc. (TSG), will support Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) through manufacturing services and modification of C-130H model aircraft with the updated all-digital radar warning receiver AN/ALR-69A(V) RWR. SRC is the prime contractor. [Read more...]

Nevada Air Guard completes successful Green Flag exercise Apr 11, 2018 - The Nevada Air National Guard's 192nd Airlift Squadron garnered a series of awards as the lead unit during the Green Flag Little Rock (GFLR) training exercise last February. [Read more...]	The C-130 Hercules leaves the Falkland Islands after 36 years Apr 09, 2018 - On Thursday 5 April 2018, RAF Brize Norton, home of the Air Mobility Force, welcomed home the Hercules C-130 after completing 36 years of support to the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI). [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers first HC-130J Combat King II to CANG Apr 06, 2018 - Lockheed Martin delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue tanker to the California Air National Guard on April 5 at the company's site. [Read more...]	C-130s rapidly support Advisory Package, Afghan Army in Maimanah Apr 03, 2018 - The C-130J Super Hercules of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron transported NATO Resolute Support Expeditionary Advisory Package personnel and supplies in mid-March to Mainanah, Faryab Province, Afghanistan. [Read more...]
First all-female crew in combat focuses on flying not gender Mar 30, 2018 - On September 26, 2005, six women assigned to the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron under the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, made history and became the first all-female C-130 Hercules crew to fly in combat. More than a decade later, a few members of the group reflected on their experience. [Read more...]	Youngstown launches 2018 aerial spray season at Utah range Mar 23, 2018 - The 910th Airlift Wing launched its 2018 spray season March 5-16, 2018, at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) near Hill AFB, Utah. The unit operates the Department of Defense’s (DOD) only large area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to control undesirable vegetation, disease-carrying insects, pest insects, and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. [Read more...]
Blue Angels look to acquire a former RAF C-130J for 'Fat Albert' duties Mar 23, 2018 - The US government are in the process of acquiring a former C-130J from the Royal Air Force to replace the older KC-130T 'Fat Albert' for the USN's Blue Angels logistic support role. [Read more...]	LRAFB hosts C-130J Fly In Mar 21, 2018 - More than 65 Airmen from six wings across the C-130J Super Hercules force trained to increase interoperability and operational effectiveness during a training exercise March 10, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. [Read more...]

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