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Tail Flash unveiling ceremony depicts unit pride of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard
U.S. Air Force airmen unveils the winning tail flash for 156th AW, Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, during the WC-130 Tail Flash Unveiling Ceremony in Hangar 1, March 6, 2016. Winning design was designed by SSgt. Luis A. Morales, aircrew flight equipment of the 156th Operation Squadron. [ANG photo by TSgt. Efrain Sanchez]
Apr 14, 2016 - A base wide contest was held to pick the tail flash design that represented the rich heritage of the airmen of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard and the people of Puerto Rico. [Read more...]
Philippine Air Force formally accepts C-130T from the US Government
Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin pours champagne on the nose of the C-130T #5011 which was acquired from the United States as part of the armed forces modernization program Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines. [AP Photo by Bullit Marquez]
Apr 12, 2016 - The Philippine Air Force (PAF) held a formal Acceptance and Blessing Ceremony of C-130T, number #5011 on April 12, 2016, at the CJVAB Grandstand in Pasay City. [Read more...]
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Flight Safety report released for RCAF CC-130H incident at Key West
Fire fighters deal with the fire which broke out in the interior of RCAF CC-130H #130342 on February 21, 2012. [Photo RCAF]
Apr 10, 2016 - The Canadian Armed Force have released the accident report for RCAF CC-130H #130342 Air Tanker which sustained damaged on February 21, 2012 during a deployment to NAS Key West in support of CF-188 fighter aircraft from 410th TFS. [Read more...]
Last RCAF CC-130E heads to the museum
Crew with RCAF CC-130E #130307, ahead of its last flight. The Hercules flew to Ottawa on April 5, 2016 where it will be donated to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. [Photo Department of National Defence]
Apr 05, 2016 - The Department of National Defence has donated the last CC-130E Hercules #130307 legacy aircraft still in service to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. [Read more...]
Commercial fisherman meets joint team who saved his life
Jonathon Hoag, commercial fisherman and search and rescue (SAR) survivor, poses for a group photo with his USCG and U.S. Navy rescuers April 1, 2016, at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii. Hoag was able to speak with the joint SAR crew who extracted himself and two of his crew members to safety after his vessel capsized 161 miles southwest of Kona, Hawaii on March 11. [USAF photo by SSgt. Christopher Hubenthal]
Apr 04, 2016 - “Who wouldn’t?” Hoag said. “A group of people who saved your life, three lives… to send a post card or a ‘thank you’ note? No, I don’t think so.” [Read more...]
Maintenance is key to keeping Yokota, Kadena aircraft flying
An MC-130 Talon II, from Kadena AB, sits in the phase docks to be repaired at Yokota AB on February 19, 2016. [USAF photo by SrA David Owsianka]
Mar 29, 2016 - The aircraft at Yokota and Kadena air bases in Japan rely on the 374th Maintenance Squadron’s phase docks to receive their maintenance and keep them going. [Read more...]
New Reserve unit to open doors at Keesler
Maintenance members with the 403rd Maintenance Group walk out to recover a WC-130J that returned from a weather reconnaissance mission into Tropical Storm Guillermo on August 5, 2015. [USAF photo by Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo]
Mar 22, 2016 - The 403rd Wing is going through a period of growth with the activation of an additional aircraft maintenance squadron solely focused on keeping the 815th Airlift Squadron's 10 C-130Js healthy and in the air. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers two KC-130J to Saudi Arabia
RSAF KC-130J #3208 seen during a test flight. [Lockheed Martin photo by Damien A. Guarnieri]
Mar 14, 2016 - Lockheed Martin recently delivered two KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refuelers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to be operated by Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) crews. [Read more...]
USCG aircrew returns home following Eastern Pacific deployment
An USCG aircrew stationed at Air Station Barbers Point stand with HC-130H #1720 for a photo the final day of their 14-day deployment in Central America on January. 26, 2016. Military patrol aircraft conduct around-the-clock patrols in the Eastern Pacific in the hopes of curving illegal drug trafficking in the region. [USCG photo by PO2 Melissa E. McKenzie]
Mar 11, 2016 - An HC-130 Hercules aircrew returned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, in late January after a two-week Joint Inter-agency Task Force South counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific. [Read more...]
NYANG's 109th AW wraps up Antarctic Support Mission
Maj. Timothy Novak, a navigator with the 139 AS, exits LC-130H #83-0492 on the flight-line at Stratton ANGB in Scotia, N.Y., after returning from Antarctica to the base near Schenectady, on March 8, 2016. The wing, which flies the only ski-equipped aircraft in the U.S. military flies transportation missions in support of the National Science Foundation as part of Operation Deep Freeze, the military support to the U.S. Antarctic Program. [ANG photo by MSgt. William Gizara]
Mar 10, 2016 - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing transported 3,900 people, and carried 4 million pounds of supplies and 1.2 million pounds of fuel to stations around Antarctica during its annual support five- month mission for the National Science Foundation which ended this week. [Read more...]
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