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The C-130 Hercules leaves the Falkland Islands after 36 years
Officer Commanding No. 47 Squadron welcomes back the last C-130 #ZH888, 1312 Flight crew after the aircraft returned to RAF Brize Norton on April 5, 2018. [MOD, Crown copyright]
Apr 09, 2018 - On Thursday 5 April 2018, RAF Brize Norton, home of the Air Mobility Force, welcomed home the Hercules C-130 after completing 36 years of support to the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI). [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers first HC-130J Combat King II to CANG
Lockheed Martin delivered the first HC-130J #15-5842 Combat King II combat search and rescue tanker to the CANG 130th RQS on April 5, 2018 at the company's site. [Photo by Thinh Nguyen -Lockheed Martin Aeronautics]
Apr 06, 2018 - Lockheed Martin delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue tanker to the California Air National Guard on April 5 at the company's site. [Read more...]
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C-130s rapidly support Advisory Package, Afghan Army in Maimanah
USAF C-130J-30 #14-5788 from 61 AS takes off from Bagram Airfield, on April 1, 2018. The C-130J Super Hercules of the 774th EAS transported NATO Resolute Support Expeditionary Advisory Package personnel and supplies in mid-March to Mainanah, Faryab Province, Afghanistan. [USAF photo by SSgt. Divine Cox]
Apr 03, 2018 - The C-130J Super Hercules of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron transported NATO Resolute Support Expeditionary Advisory Package personnel and supplies in mid-March to Mainanah, Faryab Province, Afghanistan. [Read more...]
First all-female crew in combat focuses on flying not gender
From left to right, SSgt. Josie E. Harshe, flight engineer; Capt. Anita T. Mack, navigator; 1st Lt. Siobhan Couturier, pilot; Capt. Carol J. Mitchell, aircraft commander; and loadmasters TSgt. Sigrid M. Carrero-Perez and SrA Ci Ci Alonzo, pause in the cargo bay of their C-130 for a group photo following their historic flight. [USAF photo]
Mar 30, 2018 - On September 26, 2005, six women assigned to the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron under the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, made history and became the first all-female C-130 Hercules crew to fly in combat. More than a decade later, a few members of the group reflected on their experience. [Read more...]
Youngstown launches 2018 aerial spray season at Utah range
USAF C-130H #89-9104 from 757 AS taxis at Hill AFB, March 7, 2018 during an aerial spray mission. The Wing launched its 2018 spray season March 5-16, 2018, at the Utah Test and Training Range, near Hill AFB. [USAF photo by SrA Jeffrey Grossi]
Mar 23, 2018 - The 910th Airlift Wing launched its 2018 spray season March 5-16, 2018, at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) near Hill AFB, Utah. The unit operates the Department of Defense’s (DOD) only large area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to control undesirable vegetation, disease-carrying insects, pest insects, and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. [Read more...]
Blue Angels look to acquire a former RAF C-130J for 'Fat Albert' duties
Fat Albert Blue Angels [Photo No: 021101-N-3970R-055, US Navy]
Mar 23, 2018 - The US government are in the process of acquiring a former C-130J from the Royal Air Force to replace the older KC-130T 'Fat Albert' for the USN's Blue Angels logistic support role. [Read more...]
LRAFB hosts C-130J Fly In
Nineteen C-130J aircraft take part in an elephant walk before takeoff during an exercise March 15, 2018, at Little Rock AFB. Numerous C-130J units from around the Air Force participated in a training event to enhance operational effectiveness and joint interoperability. [USAF photo by A1C Rhett Isbell]
Mar 21, 2018 - More than 65 Airmen from six wings across the C-130J Super Hercules force trained to increase interoperability and operational effectiveness during a training exercise March 10, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. [Read more...]
Operation Snowbird
USAF C-130H #96-1008 from 109 AS prepares to take off on an airdrop mission in Yuma, on February 26, 2018. Operation Snowbird, a training exercise, enhances the 133rd AW’s ability to deploy, execute and sustain rapid global mobility around the world. [ANG photo TSgt. Austen R. Adriaens]
Mar 09, 2018 - U.S. Air Force airmen with the 109th Airlift Squadron and 133rd Airlift Wing participate in a training exercise in Yuma, Ariz., March 9, 2018. Operation Snowbird enhances the Wing’s ability to deploy, execute and sustain rapid global mobility around the world. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers 400th C-130J
Lockheed Martin delivered the 400th C-130J aircraft #16-5835 on February. 9, 2018. This milestone Super Hercules was delivered to the USAF, which is the largest C-130J operator in the world. [Lockheed Martin Photo by Amanda Mills]
Feb 12, 2018 - Lockheed Martin reached a major milestone with the delivery of its 400th C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on February 9. This Super Hercules is an MC-130J Commando II Special Operations aircraft that is assigned to the U.S. Air Force's Special Operations Command (AFSOC). [Read more...]
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group awarded Swedish Air Force contract to support C-130 fleet
SweAF C-130H #847 from 3 Transportflygenhet is parked on the tarmac at Malmen AP on June 3rd, 2012. [Wikimedia photo by Alan Wilson]
Feb 08, 2018 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has won the contract to support the Swedish Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130 aircraft, by providing depth maintenance services. [Read more...]
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