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353rd SOG and RNZAF increase partnership capacity
RNZAF C-130H #NZ7002 prepares to redeploy to RNZAF Base Auckland following the conclusion of Exercise Teak Net on April 28, 2017 at RNZAF Base Woodbourne, New Zealand. [USAF photo by Capt. Jessica Tait]
May 29, 2017 - Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group increased military cooperation with the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the fourth iteration of Exercise Teak Net, which took place April 15-18, 2017 at RNZAF Base Auckland and April 18-28, 2017 at RNZAF Base Woodbourne, New Zealand. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin's LM-100J Commercial Freighter makes successful first flight
Lockheed Martin's LM-100J #N51030 commercial freighter made it first successful flight on May 25, 2017. [Lockheed Martin photo by Todd R. McQueen]
May 25, 2017 - The first Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft achieved a critical milestone with the completion of its first flight on May 25th. [Read more...]
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Global Vikings return from deployment
USAF C-130H #92-3288 from 96 AS taxis in after returning from a four month deployment on May 18, 2017. [USAF photo by Paul Zadach]
May 23, 2017 - As a precise formation of four C-130 aircraft flew overhead, hundreds of family members, friends and fellow Airmen cheered May 18 to welcome back members of the 934th Airlift Wing from their deployment to Southwest Asia. [Read more...]
403rd Maintenance Group earns Outstanding Unit Award
USAF C-130J #05-8156 from 815 AS undergoes maintenance at the 403rd Maintenance group hanger on December 21, 2016. [USAF photo by SSgt. Heather Heiney]
May 22, 2017 - Air Force Reserve Command recently announced that the 403rd Maintenance Group was one of 18 units that earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for 2015. [Read more...]
US, Israeli airmen fortify airlift capabilities
USAF C-130J-30 #07-8613 assigned to the 37th AS, taxis to park after completion of a sortie in support of exercise Juniper Falcon on May 14, 2017, at Nevatim AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Matthew Plew]
May 22, 2017 - Two C-130J Super Hercules along with about 80 Airmen attached to the 86th Airlift Wing from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, deployed to Israel in support of exercise Juniper Falcon from May 7-18, 2017. [Read more...]
Maintainers build C-130 part, save AF thousands
SSgt. Christopher Lahey, 19th AMXS Aircraft Structural Maintenance craftsman, and his team repaired a leading edge for a C-130J back wing on May 9, 2017, at Little Rock AFB. The structural Airmen performed a high-level repair which made an aircraft serviceable 270 days ahead of schedule. [USAF photo by A1C Kevin Sommer Giron]
May 17, 2017 - As the workhorse of the U.S. Air Force, the C-130 dominates the open skies here and so do feathery allies. [Read more...]
C-130 pilot receives 60th Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson presents the Koren Kolligian Trophy to Maj. John Hourigan, a 123rd Operations Support Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot, during a ceremony in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2017. [USAF Photo by Andy Morataya]
May 17, 2017 - Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson presented the 2016 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy to Maj. John Hourigan, a 123rd Operations Support Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot, at the Pentagon, May 17, 2017, for not only saving the lives of five crewmembers, but also identifying a worldwide C-130 propeller issue. [Read more...]
Dyess Airmen participate in Exercise JADE HELM 2017
Airmen back a Humvee into a C-130J at Dyess AFB, Texas, May 3, 2017. More than 60 Airmen and soldiers took part in the joint exercise, JADE HELM 2017, which simulates aerial drops of equipment and personnel. [USAF photo by Amn Kylee Thomas]
May 11, 2017 - Airmen assigned to the 7th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 39th Airlift Squadron participated in a joint exercise on May 2 to 5. [Read more...]
Dobbins deploys C-130s during third AEF rotation
USAF C-130H #93-1039 from 700 AS depart Dobbins ARB on May 8, 2017 in route to Southwest Asia. Over 150 aircrew, aircraft maintenance and support personnel from the 94th Operations and Maintenance Groups will complete a four-month Air Expeditionary Force rotation. [USAF photo by Don Peek]
May 10, 2017 - There were clear skies and bittersweet goodbyes as four C-130 H3 Hercules aircraft departed Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia May 8, 2017 in route to Southwest Asia. [Read more...]
New York ANG pararescuemen aid seamen on stricken ship in Mid-Atlantic
Members of New York Air National Guard’s 106th RQW prepare to take off from Westhampton Beach, N.Y., for a rescue mission at Lajes, Azores on April 24, 2017. The mission was to locate the aircraft and drop para-rescuemen who boarded a ship and provide emergency medical care to the crew. [USAF photo by MSgt. Cheran A. Cambridge]
May 02, 2017 - Seven New York Air National Guard pararescuemen provided medical treatment for two injured crewmen on board a cargo ship in the mid-Atlantic April 25,after a five-hour flight and a night parachute jump into the sea. [Read more...]
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