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Civilian Herk crash Lands
International Air Response C-130A #N121TG is seen at Cardiff Airport on October 4th, 2014. [Photo by Richard Vandervord]
Aug 25, 2019 - Small pieces of wreckage from a C-130 crash is all over a Santa Barbara runway in California. Fortunately everyone got out safely. [Read more...]
Building camaraderie at every altitude
A C-130H Hercules assigned to the 908th AW, Maxwell AFB, takes off from Boboc AB, to airdrop Romanian air force paratroopers August 2, 2019. The airdrops were in support of Carpathian Summer 19, a two-week joint exercise held to maintain joint readiness, build interoperability and strengthen U.S. relations with Romania. [USAF photo by SrA Malcolm Mayfield]
Aug 12, 2019 - Dozens of figures dot the sky, swifty descending into the golden Romanian fields as the aircraft that deployed them circles above, preparing for another airdrop in support of Carpathian Summer 19. [Read more...]
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Cracks found in C-130 wing parts prompt partial grounding of fleet
USAF C-130H #93-1038 from 700 AS approaches the flight line for landing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska on May 10, 2018. [USAF photo by SrA Curt Beach]
Aug 08, 2019 - Nearly a quarter of the Air Force’s fleet of the C-130 Hercules is being grounded after “atypical” cracks were found on wing joints during maintenance, Air Mobility Command said. [Read more...]
C-130H2 upgraded models arrive at 179th AW
USAF C-130H2 #87-9287 arrives, August. 8, 2019, and is now assigned to the 164th AS. This aircraft were recently upgraded at Dyess AFB, TX. and arrived with Electronic Propeller Control Systems (EPCS), ensuring they meet requirements for incorporating modular blade technology (NP2000), an upgrade that would give them eight bladed propellers. [ANG photo by TSgt. Joe Harwood]
Aug 08, 2019 - The 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, is welcoming three C-130H2 models to their current C-130H fleet, the first two arrived on July 19 and the third on August 8, 2019. [Read more...]
Marshall rolls out first Bangladesh Air Force C-130J
Jul 22, 2019 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group rolled out the first of a number of C-130J Hercules aircraft it is preparing for delivery to the Bangladesh Air Force, during an official ceremony last week. [Read more...]
Marshall hosts official signing ceremony for replacement Fat Albert
Jul 19, 2019 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group today hosted the official signing of a contract between the US and UK for a C-130J aircraft that will become the replacement to the iconic Fat Albert for the Blue Angels flying demonstration team. [Read more...]
Air National Guard supports airlift operations at Ali Al Salem
USAF C-130s from the Montana and Connecticut ANG currently assigned to the 386th AEW sit side by side on the tarmac at Ali Al Salem AB on July 3, 2019. The units are currently deployed here providing tactical airlift to the Central Command Area of Responsibility. [ANG photo by Capt. Stephen Hudson]
Jul 07, 2019 - When C-130 aircraft from the Montana Air National Guard and Connecticut ANG touched down on the flight line to replace Guard units from Rhode Island and California, the aircrews and maintenance teams seamlessly transitioned to provide non-stop flight operations. [Read more...]
Semper Fi: Marietta Flight Ops Home to 5 Decades of Marines
USMC KC-130J #169532 call sign 'Fixer 55' on approach to Marietta Dobbins ARB on March 6, 2019. [Photo by Luis David Sanchez]
Jun 28, 2019 - “Once a Marine, always a Marine” took on new meaning for Marietta Flight Operations team members with the delivery of a KC-130J to the U.S. Marine Corps on April 3, 2019. [Read more...]
Collins Aerospace receives additional C-130 NP2000 propeller upgrade order from ANG, USN
UTC Aerospace Systems, recently completed the first of two contracted Lockheed Martin C-130H #92-1536 propeller upgrades for the ANGs 153rd Airlift Wing, based in Cheyenne, Wyoming [Courtesy photo]
Jun 18, 2019 - Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. has been awarded a contract by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to support NP2000 propeller upgrades for 24 Lockheed Martin C-130H aircraft for the U.S. Air National Guard. [Read more...]
New Zealand select C-130J as preferred option
USAF C-130J-30 #15-5810 approaches the runway at Yokota AB, March 29, 2017. This is the second C-130J delivered from Lockheed Martin, less than a month after the first was delivered March 6th. [USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe]
Jun 11, 2019 - Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced the selection of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules as the preferred option for the replacement of the aging C-130H aircraft. [Read more...]
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