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15th SOS crews deliver final MC-130H to the boneyard
Apr 02, 2023 - There are certain details that members of the U.S. Air Force Combat Talon community will never forget. [Read more...]
RNZAF students begin first iteration of C-130J upgrade training
Mar 07, 2023 - The 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 4, recently began teaching its first iteration of mechanical and technical courses for 16 members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. [Read more...]
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Lockheed Martin delivers first C-130J-30 Super Hercules to the Indonesian Air Force
Feb 21, 2023 - Lockheed Martin delivered the first of five C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifters to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) during a ceremony on February 21st, 2023, commemorating a new era in Hercules operations for this longtime C-130 operator. [Read more...]
193rd Special Operations Wing welcomes new aircraft, mission
Feb 07, 2023 - The first MC-130J Commando II aircraft arrived at Middletown, on February 2, 2023, achieving a major milestone in the 193rd Special Operations Wing's mission conversion. The 193 SOW is the first, and currently the only, Air National Guard unit to receive the Commando II mission, a flagship mission of Air Force Special Operations Command. [Read more...]
The 130th AW's first all-female aircrew took flight from Yeager Field
Jan 20, 2023 - The 130th Airlift Wing's first all-female aircrew took flight from Yeager Field, on January 20th. [Read more...]
Hercules Strong: Navy Reserve Warfighting Requirements Team Visits C-130 Hercules Production Plant
Dec 05, 2022 - A warfighting requirements team from the Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve recently visited the historic United States Air Force Plant 6 in Marietta, Georgia, the production facility for an agile and responsive global air cargo capability seven decades in the making—the latest generation of the C-130 Hercules. [Read more...]
AFSOC conducts live-fire exercise with Rapid Dragon
Nov 11, 2022 - Two Air Force Special Operations Command wings partnered in a total force initiative to conduct the first live-fire demonstration of Rapid Dragon, a long-range palletized munitions system, in the U.S. European Command theater over Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, November 9, 2022. [Read more...]
AFSOC receives final AC-130J
Nov 03, 2022 - Air Force Special Operations Command received its 31st and final AC-130J Ghostrider, completing the command's transition from the legacy AC-130W, AC-130U, and AC-130H fleets. [Read more...]
RAAF to add more C-130Js under Project AIR 7404
Nov 01, 2022 - The Australian Defence Department is replacing and expanding its current medium air mobility fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules aircraft via Project AIR 7404 Phase 1. [Read more...]
Legacy C-130 schoolhouse training continues after the arrival of NP 2000
Oct 27, 2022 - With the recent legacy C-130 fleet grounding due to cracks in affected propeller blades, units flying the aircraft across the Department of Defense were working around the clock to find alternative solutions to mission support. As the C-130H schoolhouse which trains all legacy C-130 aircrew stateside and overseas, the 189th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base felt the pressure and worked diligently to find a solution. [Read more...]
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