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Cameroon Air Force C-130H damaged after overshooting runway Aug 04, 2020 - Cameroon's Ministry of Defence has confirmed one of its C-130 Hercules transport aircraft sustained damaged after over shooting the runway in the countries Northern city of Maroua on August 2nd. [Read more...]	Yokota receives a C-130J WST simulator Jul 27, 2020 - After 2 years of construction, what appears a large white box with cables now provides Yokota Air Base, Japan with a fully functional C-130J Super Hercules Weapons System Training simulator. [Read more...]

Dyess, Little Rock conduct largest formation flight in C-130J history Jul 16, 2020 - The C-130 community rewrote history July 14, successfully piloting the largest formation flight ever of C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in support of a Joint Forcible Entry exercise over Dyess Air Force Base and Big Bend, Texas. [Read more...]	4th SOS, AMU make history with AC-130U Jun 26, 2020 - An AC-130U Spooky gunship named ‘Big Daddy’ made history by being the first Spooky to ever receive a black letter initial on its status page before a flight, June 18, 2020. [Read more...]
The 415th AMU celebrates their first ‘Black Letter’ aircraft Jun 15, 2020 - The 415th Aircraft Maintenance Unit launched its first ‘Black Letter’ aircraft June 9, 2020, on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, making maintenance history. [Read more...]	"Hollywood Guard" reaches milestone with 6-ship formation flight Jun 13, 2020 - Amid the challenges serving in the Air National Guard during the pandemic known as COVID-19, California Air National Guard maintainers from the 146 MXG and aircrew from the 115th AS collaborated to accomplish the launching of 6 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for the first time in over 20 years on May 26, 2020. [Read more...]
No fatalities reported after Georgia ANG C-130 over shoots runway at Iraqi base Jun 08, 2020 - A C-130H aircraft overshot the runway at an Iraqi military base north of the capital on Monday 8th around 22:00Hrs without causing fatalities, the U.S.-led coalition said. [Read more...]	Five C-130J's to join RNZAF fleet Jun 05, 2020 - The Coalition Government has confirmed five Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft will be purchased to replace the existing fleet, Defence Minister Ron Mark announced June 5th. [Read more...]
Austria awards C-130 avionics modification contract to Marshall Jun 04, 2020 - The Austrian Air Force has awarded a multi-million-pound contract to Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (Marshall ADG) to update the navigation systems on its fleet of three C-130K aircraft. [Read more...]	Total Force test team takes AF award Jun 02, 2020 - A total force integration team of active-duty testers and Air National Guard Airmen were rewarded recently for their combined efforts on a money-saving C-130H propeller system. [Read more...]

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