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34th WPS graduates first WIC built for HC-130J Combat King II Jun 21, 2017 - The U.S. Air Force Weapons School's 34th Weapons Squadron capitalized on planning and collaboration to graduate its first class of students June 17 in the Class 17A HC-130J Combat King II weapons instructor course, laying the foundation to increase HC-130J weapons officers in the Combat Air Forces. [Read more...]	386th AEW deliver critical supplies to frontlines Jun 21, 2017 - "We aim for first pass success. One pass, one drop," said Maj. Josh Linden, the 386th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron chief of tactics, as he described the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing’s airdrop mission. [Read more...]

Dobbins flies with more than 100 aircraft in joint forcible entry exercise Jun 21, 2017 - As the sun slowly rose over the eastern horizon, 19 C-130 aircraft, both Hercules and Super Hercules models, made their way across the Nevada landscape. While the aircraft progressed towards their target, the gorges and canyons below seemed like nothing more than a web of cracks across the countryside. [Read more...]	UTC Aerospace Systems is propelling readiness for turboprop aircraft Jun 20, 2017 - UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. announced today that propeller upgrades for the U.S. Air National Guard LC-130 aircraft commenced this month with the fitting of the NP2000 propeller system. The retrofit contract includes twelve of the U.S Air National Guard's fleet of LC/C-130H aircraft. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin Announces C-130J-SOF Super Hercules Jun 20, 2017 - At the Paris Air Show today, Lockheed Martin officials introduced the C-130J-SOF, the newest Super Hercules aircraft configured for international military special operations requirements. [Read more...]	AFRC Hurricane Hunters to fly first tropical systems of season Jun 19, 2017 - The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is tasked to fly two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico today, one east of the Lesser Antilles and another south of the Yucatan. [Read more...]
Argentine President Macri inspects first C-130 modernised entirely in country Jun 14, 2017 - President Mauricio Macri visited the El Palomar Air Base, to inspect the first Hercules C-130 aircraft to undergo a modernisation process entirely in the country. [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin's LM-100J will make international debut at 2017 Paris Air Show Jun 12, 2017 - Lockheed Martin's LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft will make its international debut at the 2017 International Paris Air Show. The aircraft will be on static display June 19-21 at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. [Read more...]
Kentucky Air Guard participates in African Lion Jun 09, 2017 - More than 75 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard deployed to Spain and Morocco this spring for African Lion, a multinational exercise that tested the interoperability of military troops from 11 countries. [Read more...]	"Spirit of the Kanawha Valley" unveiled at 130th Airlift Wing Jun 09, 2017 - The 130th Airlift Wing paid tribute today to the supportive community in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia by unveiling the newly christened "Spirit of the Kanawha Valley" C-130H at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base. [Read more...]

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