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C-130Js resupply U.S. SOUTHCOM Honduras mission
Oct 26, 2017 - Being stationed in the middle of Central America can bring unknowns, but one thing the Airmen at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, can rely on is Air Mobility Command to deliver anytime, anyplace. [Read more...]
Roll-out of the first French C-130J
Oct 20, 2017 - The first of four C-130Js to equip the French Air Force rolled out October 20th. Painted in the colors of the Air Force, Lockheed Martin's transport aircraft is expected to be delivered by the end of this year. [Read more...]
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Lockheed Martin's LM-100J Program achieves another milestone
Oct 19, 2017 - Lockheed Martin's LM-100J commercial freighter program recently marked yet another successful achievement with the first flight of the second production LM-100J aircraft on October 11. [Read more...]
Puerto Rico ANG makes every C-130 mission count with hurricane airlift relief
Oct 18, 2017 - When C-130H tail number 65-0966 landed at its home base on Oct. 18, a half-dozen Airmen quickly moved to the aircraft to unload more than 23,000 pounds of water, food supplies and tarps. It was just the latest mission in a 52-year career for this venerable Hercules aircraft. [Read more...]
Yokota says farewell to the C-130H
Oct 18, 2017 - After 43 years Team Yokota observed a historical milestone as the base sent off the last two active-duty C-130H Hercules in the Air Force. [Read more...]
109th takes off to support 30th Operation Deep Freeze season
Oct 17, 2017 - Two LC-130 aircrews, transporting supplies and equipment, began the first leg of a five-leg journey to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to provide logistical support to the National Science Foundation. [Read more...]
Deployed maintainers set 3-year record mission capability rate
Oct 16, 2017 - The 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Blue Aircraft Maintenance Unit, achieved a three-year high mission-capable rate of 95.8 percent during September. [Read more...]
Air Force bids farewell to last active-duty C-130H cargo plane
Oct 16, 2017 - The last C-130H Hercules cargo plane in the active-duty Air Force bid sayonara to Japan on Monday. [Read more...]
Kentucky ANG moves 7.2 million pounds of relief supplies for Hurricane Maria recovery
Oct 15, 2017 - More than three-dozen members of the Kentucky Air National Guard have processed 7.2 million pounds of humanitarian aid through a cargo hub they established on September 23, working around the clock to download relief supplies from hundreds of aircraft and prepare the aid for distribution across an island ravaged by Hurricane Maria. [Read more...]
The last tactical training mission
Oct 13, 2017 - "We might see Mount Fuji today," said Capt. Travis Wilkes, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130H pilot and mission commander, during a mission briefing in the squadron conference room. It was a relaxing atmosphere around the table, much like any other daily mission briefing, but deep down everyone know this one was a little different. [Read more...]
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