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USAF, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015
Dec 09, 2015 - With the holiday season now in full swing, C-130 Hercules aircrews and support personnel from Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force and 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, began spreading cheer and joy while practicing critical humanitarian aid/disaster relief training by delivering donated goods via C-130 to more than 56 of the Pacific's most remote, populated islands. [Read more...]
Nevada Air Guard upgrades C-130 fleet
Nov 30, 2015 - For the second time in its history the 152nd Airlift Wing has upgraded its entire fleet of C-130 Hercules aircraft just as the U.S. Air Force seeks total fleet modernization in the face of nearing federal upgrade deadlines. [Read more...]
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Lockheed Martin awarded $969M contract for new build C-130Js
Nov 11, 2015 - Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation has been awarded a $969M contract from the US Department of Defence on Tuesday for seventeen C-130J Hercules over a multi-year production. [Read more...]
C-130J sales to France
Nov 10, 2015 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to France for C-130J aircraft and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $650 million. [Read more...]
AC-130J accident report released
Nov 06, 2015 - Air Force Materiel Command released an Accident Investigation Board report for the mishap involving an AC-130J Ghostrider that occurred on April 21, 2015. [Read more...]
Spirit Aeronautics announces C-130 avionics modernization solution
Oct 14, 2015 - Spirit Aeronautics, has developed an avionics upgrade program that modernizes Lockheed C-130H/L-382 Hercules aircraft to allow worldwide flight operations in both military and civil airspace. [Read more...]
L-3 awarded contract to missionize C-130J for USCG
Oct 08, 2015 - L-3 Communications announced today that it has been competitively awarded a $30 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to missionize two C-130J aircraft using a next-generation mission system suite. [Read more...]
MC-130 variants drop MCADS simultaneously over Pacific Ocean
Oct 06, 2015 - Two aircraft from the 353rd Special Operations Group completed a Maritime Craft Aerial Delivery System airdrop during an exercise Sept. 18 over the Pacific Ocean. [Read more...]
C-130J crashes in Afghanistan
Oct 01, 2015 - US Defence officials have said a C-130J belonging to the USAF has crashed near Jalalabad in the east of Afghanistan in the early hours of Friday morning, local time. [Read more...]
First AC-130U Spooky retires
Sep 24, 2015 - The first AC-130U Spooky gunship to retire from the active fleet flew from its home following a small ceremony September 21st. [Read more...]
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