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165th AW completes final overseas exercise flying the C-130H during Air Defender 2023
Jul 17, 2023 - This summer, one Savannah C-130 Hercules aircraft along with nearly 60 Airmen from the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, traveled to Germany in support of Air Defender 2023, the largest collective defense air exercise since the inception of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949. [Read more...]
Nevada ANG’s 152nd AW participates in AIR DEFENDER 23
Jun 23, 2023 - The 152nd Airlift Wing partnered with nine other Air National Guard C-130 wings, the German Air Force, Romanian Air Force among other allied and partner nations at Wunstorf Air Base, Germany to provide combat tactical airlift for NATO’s largest-ever air redeployment exercise: AIR DEFENDER 2023 from June 12-23, 2023. [Read more...]
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RAF retires C-130 after decades of service
Jun 17, 2023 - The C-130 Hercules time with the Royal Air Force is done. The last three aircraft performed a nationwide flypast and flew in the King's Birthday celebration this past weekend. Thus ending the C-130's duties to the UK's armed forces. [Read more...]
RNZAF C-130J's taking shape
May 12, 2023 - A key C-130J project milestone was celebrated this week, as representatives from New Zealand, Defence personnel, and Lockheed Martin senior staff gathered for a bulkhead signing ceremony at the factory in Marietta Georgia, USA. [Read more...]
15th SOS crews deliver final MC-130H to the boneyard
Apr 02, 2023 - There are certain details that members of the U.S. Air Force Combat Talon community will never forget. [Read more...]
RNZAF students begin first iteration of C-130J upgrade training
Mar 07, 2023 - The 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 4, recently began teaching its first iteration of mechanical and technical courses for 16 members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers first C-130J-30 Super Hercules to the Indonesian Air Force
Feb 21, 2023 - Lockheed Martin delivered the first of five C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifters to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) during a ceremony on February 21st, 2023, commemorating a new era in Hercules operations for this longtime C-130 operator. [Read more...]
193rd Special Operations Wing welcomes new aircraft, mission
Feb 07, 2023 - The first MC-130J Commando II aircraft arrived at Middletown, on February 2, 2023, achieving a major milestone in the 193rd Special Operations Wing's mission conversion. The 193 SOW is the first, and currently the only, Air National Guard unit to receive the Commando II mission, a flagship mission of Air Force Special Operations Command. [Read more...]
The 130th AW's first all-female aircrew took flight from Yeager Field
Jan 20, 2023 - The 130th Airlift Wing's first all-female aircrew took flight from Yeager Field, on January 20th. [Read more...]
Hercules Strong: Navy Reserve Warfighting Requirements Team Visits C-130 Hercules Production Plant
Dec 05, 2022 - A warfighting requirements team from the Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve recently visited the historic United States Air Force Plant 6 in Marietta, Georgia, the production facility for an agile and responsive global air cargo capability seven decades in the making—the latest generation of the C-130 Hercules. [Read more...]
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