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High Rollers deploy for first MAFFS activation
USAF C-130H3 #93-7311 from 192 AS receives retardant at the Fresno Air Attack Base flightline to fire lines in the Sierra. This "after" photo is of the first ever 152nd AW retardant drop with one of its own aircraft on July 22, 2017. [Photo by TSgt. Emerson Marcus]
Jul 26, 2017 - More than a year after being named the newest military C-130 unit equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, the 152nd Airlift Wing flew its first firefighting operation Saturday at the Fresno Air Attack Base in support of the U.S. Forest Service. [Read more...]
Combat airlifters prepare for Mobility Guardian '17
Team Little Rock members refuel a C-130J-30 #08-5679 from Dyess AFB on July 20, 2017, on the flightline at Little Rock AFB. The aircraft was one of two C-130Js sent from Dyess AFB in preparation for Mobility Guardian. [USAF photo by A1C Grace Nichols]
Jul 25, 2017 - The Air Mobility Command’s largest exercise is set to kick off July 28, 2017 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Team Little Rock Airmen from a variety of career fields are set to participate and maintainers from the 19th Maintenance Group will lead the charge from the ground to ensure aircrews take flight. [Read more...]
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Reservists team up with nine countries for overseas exercise
Two C-130Hs #79-0475 & #79-0476 from the 186 AS Montana ANG, sit on the ramp at Papa AB, Hungary, during exercise Swift Response 17 on July 16, 2017. Swift Response is linked to exercise Saber Guardian 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational exercise that spans across Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. [ANG photo by MSgt. Todd Pendleton]
Jul 19, 2017 - Approximately 3,000 U.S. and allied military members came here to conduct airborne training operations in Romania and Bulgaria, as part of exercise Swift Response 17, July 15. [Read more...]
UK MoD awards Marshall Aerospace a contract for C-130J centre wing replacement programme
Lockheed Martin test pilots Lyle Schaefer and Bob Price take the first J-model ZH865 aloft for the first time on 5 April 1996 from Dobbins ARB in Marietta, Georgia. That aircraft, an extended fuselage length Super Hercules, was delivered to the Royal Air Force after testing was completed. [Lockheed Martin photo by John Rossino]
Jul 17, 2017 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has been awarded a new contract by the Ministry of Defence in support of the Centre Wing Replacement Programme to the Royal Air Force’s C-130J Super Hercules fleet. [Read more...]
BAe providing electronic warfare suite for U.S. SOCOM C-130s
USAF MC-130J #08-6204 from 9 SOS is seen leaving Morón Air Base on March 11, 2016. [Photo by Antonio Muñiz Zaragüeta]
Jul 12, 2017 - The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has selected BAE Systems to provide new electronic warfare (EW) systems for its fleet of AC/MC-130J aircraft. [Read more...]
USMC KC-130 crashes in Mississippi
USMC KC-130 Hercules aircraft crashed in the Mississippi area on Monday with all on-board being lost.
Jul 11, 2017 - A USMC KC-130T from VMGR-452 crashed in the state of Mississippi on Monday at approximately 16:00hrs CDT near the Sunflower-Leflore county line about 85 miles North of Jackson, claiming the lives of 16 service members. [Read more...]
Afghan Air Force conducts bilateral missions with coalition forces
Afghan Air Force C-130H #74-1675 takes off from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 13, 2015. [USAF photo by TSgt. Joseph Swafford]
Jul 10, 2017 - Personnel from the Train, Advise, Assist, Command – Air (TAAC-Air) and the Afghan Air Force conducted a bilateral casualty evacuation mission and an aerial re-supply training exercise July 9-10. [Read more...]
Rescue airmen save two German citizens stranded at sea
Maj. Chris Ferrara, a HC-130P/N "King" co-pilot, operates his aircraft as part of a concerted rescue effort of approximately 80 personnel from the 920th RQW who rescued two German citizens in distress at sea July 7-8, 2017. The victim's vessel caught fire approximately 500 nautical miles off the east coast of southern Florida. Approximately 80 Airmen and four aircraft helped execute the rescue mission to include, maintenance, operations and support personnel. [USAF photo by MSgt. Mark Borosch]
Jul 10, 2017 - In a concerted effort from July 7, and into the early hours of July 8, 2017, approximately 80 Airmen and four aircraft assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing successfully rescued two German citizens whose vessel caught fire approximately 500 nautical miles off the east coast of southern Florida. [Read more...]
317th Airlift Wing activation: Another historic milestone
Airmen, Abilene civic leaders and family members attend the 317th AW activation ceremony at Dyess AFB on July 6, 2017. Dyess now hosts two wings in support of the bomber and airlift missions. [USAFphoto by SrA Austin Mayfield]
Jul 07, 2017 - Dyess witnessed a historic moment Thursday when the 317th Airlift Group was deactivated and then reactivated as the 317th Airlift Wing under a new wing commander, Col. David Owens. [Read more...]
Yokota's C-130J completes first operational mission
Airmen assigned to the 374th AW at Yokota AB, load cargo on to a C-130J #15-5813 from 36 AS during Yokota’s first C-130J operational mission, June 30, 2017, at Manila, Philippines. The mission highlighted Yokota’s C-130J increased airlift capabilities. [USAF photo by A1C Juan Torres]
Jul 06, 2017 - The C-130H Hercules has ensured the 374th Airlift Wing remains the primary Western Pacific airlift hub for peacetime and contingency operations. Continuing this legacy is its newer model the C-130J Super Hercules, which has completed its first operational mission by transporting personnel and cargo for their sister service, July 1, 2017. [Read more...]
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