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CC-130J delivers IRB commitments for Canada Aug 16, 2017 - Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the Aircraft Capability - Tactical (ACP-T) Acquisition Industrial Regional Benefits (IRB) commitments valued at $1.4 billion associated with Canada's purchase of 17 CC-130J Super Hercules aircraft in 2007. [Read more...]	MAFFS surge support continues as national preparedness advances to highest level Aug 16, 2017 - Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard continue supporting wildland fire suppression efforts as the National Preparedness level reaches its highest level. [Read more...]

The C-130s of Mobility Guardian Aug 11, 2017 - The C-130 Hercules aircraft of Mobility Guardian traveled more than 25,000 miles from six different countries across the globe to participate in the two-week exercise here July 31 to August 12, 2017. [Read more...]	Wing bids farewell to last HC-130N model Aug 09, 2017 - The 920th Rescue Wing commander, Col. Kurt Matthews, and members of a hand-selected aircrew flew the wing’s last HC-130N King, Aug. 7 from Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, to be decommissioned. [Read more...]
Mosquito spraying comes full circle Aug 08, 2017 - In 1947, the U.S. Air Force activated the 4500th Aerial Spray Flight, whose mission was to minimize vector borne diseases and reduce troop loss during the war, at Langley Field. [Read more...]	Mobility Guardian provides valuable C-130 hot defueling training Aug 08, 2017 - Mobility Guardian is offering training in many Mobility capabilities, including one that is unfamiliar to many Airmen due to its scarce use in recent years, hot defueling. [Read more...]
NCANG C-130s Fly Their Last 8-Ship Formation Aug 06, 2017 - The “Queen City” looked as though it was holding its breath in awe as eight C-130 Hercules aircraft maneuvered their way towards the Charlotte Douglas International airport after flying their last max flight training mission over North Carolina, August 5, 2017. [Read more...]	Dobbins, other Reserve C-130 units team up for training exercise in Rockies Aug 04, 2017 - Train as you fight and fight as you train. So goes the old adage about putting in the work required in practice to perform effectively under pressure. The same is true for Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, as it must prepare its C-130s to perform in a variety of locations as required by the mission. [Read more...]
913th MXS annual training helps keep 403rd fleet mission-ready Aug 02, 2017 - Dozens of Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 913th Maintenance Squadron out of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, have spent the past few weeks here at Keesler Air Force Base working on the 403rd Wing’s fleet of C-130J and WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft. [Read more...]	Quickstep Holdings Ltd delivers 100th shipset of C-130J wing flaps Jul 31, 2017 - Quickstep Holdings Limited, the manufacturer of advanced carbon fibre composites, announced that it delivered the 100th shipset of wing flaps for the C-130J transport aircraft, under its existing contract with Lockheed Martin. [Read more...]

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