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Arkansas ANG launches C-130 AMP for final flight
CMSgt. Brian Rohauer, 189th OG Superintendent, Lt. Col. Jay Geaney, 189th OG Director of Operations, SMSgt. Greg Armstrong, 154th Training Squadron flight engineer instructor, Maj. Seth Connell, 189th OG C-130H instructor pilot, and SMSgt. Philip Pulliam, 154th Training Squadron Loadmaster Assistant Superintendent pose for a photo after signing their names on the final C-130 AMP to arrive at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. The aircraft made its final flight to the base to be delivered to the boneyard. [USAF photo]
Jan 31, 2018 - With only two engines running, the final C-130H designed for the avionics modernization program left the 189th Airlift Wing Jan. 3, 2018, from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. to arrive at its final destination at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group’s “Boneyard." The aircraft will be reused as parts for other C-130H aircraft within the C-130 military fleet. [Read more...]
L3 delivers first HC-130J to the USCG
USCG HC-130J serialed 2003 on Novembere 29, 2006. [Northrop Grumman photo]
Jan 31, 2018 - L3 Technologies announced today that it has delivered the first production HC-130J aircraft integrated with a next-generation Minotaur Mission System Suite (MSS+) to the U.S. Coast Guard for improved long-range surveillance capabilities. [Read more...]
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Upgraded C-130 arrives for testing
A chunk of ice hangs from the bottom of the C-130H #92-1536 wing after its flight from Wyoming to Eglin AFB, on January 11th. Air Force’s first fully upgraded C-130H is here for test and evaluation on its new modified propeller system and engines. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
Jan 17, 2018 - The first to cut through an unusual afternoon fog was the sound that seemed like a swarm of millions of insects angrily buzzing in unison. Then, the nose of a C-130 popped through that dense whiteness followed by 32 spinning blades creating the ominous sound. [Read more...]
France's Armée de l'Air Welcomes First C-130J
French Airmen march during the Inauguration of the C-130J Super Hercules to the French Air Force transport fleet, Orleans, France, on January 15, 2018. The aircraft is the first of four, which will be used in conjunction with the German Air Force at a joint base in Northern France in 2021. [USAF photo by TSgt. Rachelle Coleman]
Jan 15, 2018 - Florence Parly, France's minister of the Armed Forces, officially welcomed the country's first C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the Armée de l'Air's 62st Transport Wing with a ceremony at Orléans-Bricy Air Base on January 15th. [Read more...]
First Joint Training in AMATS Course for 192nd Airlift Squadron
Maj. Joseph Jaquish, a pilot with the 192nd AS out of Nevada ANG. explains mountain flying to visiting Marine Corps pilots from VMGR-252 from MCAS Cherry Point, during the mission planning portion of the Advanced Mountain Airlift Tactics School (AMATS) training on January 10, 2018. [USAF photo by SMSgt. Paula Macomber]
Jan 11, 2018 - Marines with the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 out of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, N.C., the oldest continually active squadron in the Marine Corps, along with their J-model C-130 arrived here in Reno on Wednesday, January 10th. [Read more...]
Hercules toughens 514th AES
AFRC Airman with the 514th AES, 514th AMW, board a C-130H Hercules prior to an aeromedical evacuation training mission from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on December 15, 2017. The C-130 is with the 757th AS, Youngstown ARS. [USAF photo by MSgt. Mark C. Olsen]
Dec 28, 2017 - As mission starts go, things are starting to look tough. [Read more...]
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group to support French Air Force fleet of C-130H's
FAF C-130H #61-PB from ET 02.061 is parked on a dispersal at Heraclion AB on November 2nd, 2012. [Photo by Stelios Ioannou]
Dec 22, 2017 - Marshall has won the contract to provide engineering services to the French Air Force fleet of 14 Lockheed Martin C-130H aircraft. The contract has been awarded by the state-owned Service Industriel de l'Aéronautique (SIAé). [Read more...]
Maintainers help aircrews deliver bundles of joy
A crew chief with the 374th AMXS turns around after marshaling C-130J #15-5817 from 36 AS prior to its takeoff for a training sortie during the 66th Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen AFB, December 14, 2017. [USAF photo by SSgt. David Owsianka]
Dec 14, 2017 - Four C-130J Super Hercules propellers create a humming sound as they power the aircraft, commonly referred to this time of year as "Santa's sleigh", down the runway to deliver bundles of goods to people living on some of the most remote islands in the world during the 66th Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from December 9 through December 19, 2017. [Read more...]
Santa’s on his way: 66th Operation Christmas Drop launches at Andersen AFB
USAF C-130J #15-5813 from 36 AS lands during Operation Christmas Drop 2017, on December 6, 2017, at Andersen AFB. [USAF photo by A1C Christopher Quail]
Dec 11, 2017 - The 66th iteration of Operation Christmas Drop took to the sky Dec. 11 as military leaders ceremoniously pushed the first pallet of donated toys, food, supplies and educational materials into a C-130J Super Hercules. [Read more...]
American Hero is honored with plane naming ceremony
Col. Johnny Ryan, 130th AW commander, removes the labelling on C-130H #96-7323 during the naming ceremony held December 7, 2017, at McLaughlin ANGB, Charleston. The aircraft was given the name "The General Mac" to honor Brig. Gen. (ret) James K. McLaughlin, who founded the West Virginia ANG and was a pilot in World War II with the famous Eight Air Force. [ANG photo by TSgt. De-Juan Haley]
Dec 07, 2017 - December 7 is a date that stands out in American history, but on that date in 1918, a future West Virginia and Air Force legend named James Kemp McLaughlin was born in a small town in Braxton County, W.Va. [Read more...]
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