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309th AMARG wing refurbishment key to SOF Combat Talon II mission
Rick Barrett, an AMARG sheet metal expert, removes a truss mount’s lower attach bolts as part of the required OW-13 inspection on a C-130E outer wing. The refurbished wing will be sent to Robins AFB, in support of the M-130H programmed maintenance depot effort. [Air Force photo]
Feb 19, 2016 - Teamwork and ongoing process improvement efforts at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group resulted in an early shipment of the first of seven refurbished outer wing sets for the MC-130H Combat Talon IIs operated by Air Force Special Operations Command. [Read more...]
913 AG flies final C-130H model mission
USAF aircrew members and passengers of the last training mission flight in a C-130H for the 913th AG, pose for a photo after the flight at Little Rock AFB on January 28, 2016. (Standing L-R) MSgt. Dave Hemphill, flight engineer, SMSgt. Duane Moore, flight engineer, Lt. Col. James Trevino, navigator, Lt. Col. Neil Hede, pilot, TSgt. Derek Johnson, loadmaster, MSgt. James Cope, loadmaster, SrA Cody Greathouse, loadmaster, and Lt. Col. Keith Jasmin, pilot, (Kneeling L-R) Master Sgt. Geoff Begey, expeditor, Senior Amn Jennifer Franke, crew chief, SrA Kquamae Akins, crew chief, SrA Dawton McGaugh, crew chief, SSgt. Bryan Cheeks, engine mechanic and SrA Ariel Geldien, electronic environmental technician. [USAF photo by MSgt. Jeff Walston]
Feb 03, 2016 - The final C-130H model mission for the 913th Airlift Group, Air Force Reserve, was flown from Little Rock Air Force Base, on January 28, 2016, with a C-130H aircrew comprised of both active-duty and Reserve personnel, reflecting the active association the 913 AG has maintained with the 19 Air Wing’s 50th Airlift Squadron. [Read more...]
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Rockwell Collins awarded a $30M upgrade kits contract for Pakistani C-130s
Pakistan Air Force L-382B Hercules #4144 from 6 Sqn seen at RIAT on 15 July 2006 sporting a special paint and wrap scheme for the Earthquake relief carried out in 2005. [Photo by Asif Shamim]
Jan 19, 2016 - Rockwell Collins has been awarded a $30,727,886 contract for work on the Pakistani Air Force fleet of C-130 aircraft. [Read more...]
The Ghost over the highway: Reservists renew bond with Desert Storm AC-130A gunship
USAF AC-130A #55-0014 looks less menacing on display at the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, than it did over the “Highway of Death” during the Gulf War. On the night of February 26, 1991, the crew of the AC-130A gunship was credited with destroying at least 20 enemy trucks and four armored personnel carriers. [USAF photo by MSgt. Chance Babin]
Jan 15, 2016 - More than 20 years after two Air Force Reserve Command leaders flew into combat together over the "Highway of Death" in Iraq, they were reunited with the aircraft that took them on the mission. [Read more...]
Citizen Airmen share aerial spray know-how
A modified U.S. C-130 aircraft, assigned to the 910th AW, sprays water simulating a pesticide solution during a field exercise as part of the DoD Aerial Spray Certification Course at the Lee County Mosquito Control District flightline on January 13, 2016. [USAF photo by MSgt. Bob Barko Jr.]
Jan 15, 2016 - Citizen Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing’s highly-specialized aerial spray unit facilitated the Department of Defense's (DoD) Aerial Spray Certification Course at the Lee County Mosquito Control District Training Center on January 11-14, 2016. [Read more...]
Colorado Reservists to support Southwest Asia airlift ops
Senior leaders from the AFRC’s 302nd AW salute a C-130H aircraft departing Peterson AFB's flightline. Approximately 150 Air Force Reservists and four C-130s from the 302nd AW are serving on a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. [USAF photo by Daniel Butterfield]
Jan 12, 2016 - Approximately 150 Air Force Reservists and four C-130s from Colorado’s 302nd Airlift Wing have begun a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin awarded DoD contract for new C-130J builds
USAF C-130J #08-3176 (c/n 5671) on the assembly line at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Georgia facility on May 3, 2011. [Lockheed photo by John Rossino]
Dec 30, 2015 - Lockheed Martin Corp.,has been awarded a $1,060,940,036 definitization modification to contract FA8625-14-C-6450 for C-130J multi-year production aircraft by the Department of Defense. [Read more...]
MoD awards multi-million pound contract for RAF C-130J support
RAF C-130J ZH872 (c/n 5456). [RAF & Crown Copyright]
Dec 30, 2015 - A £369 million contract to support the Royal Air Force’s fleet of C-130 Hercules transport aircraft has been awarded by the Ministry of Defence. [Read more...]
2,500th delivered C-130 lands at Moody
Airmen from the 71st RQS, the 71st AMU and the Defense Contract Management Agency pose for a photo in front of #13-5782 HC-130J Combat King II on December 11, 2015, at the Lockheed Martin C-130 ramp in Marietta, Ga. #13-5782, is the 2,500th C-130 delivered by Lockheed Martin. [USAF photo by SrA Ryan Callaghan]
Dec 12, 2015 - Fifty-nine years after the first C-130 was delivered to the U.S. Air Force, the 2,500th Lockheed Martin delivered C-130 joined the 71st Rescue Squadron's fleet and legacy on December 11. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers 2,500th C-130 Hercules
USAF HC-130J #13-5782, assigned to the USAF 71st Rescue Squadron was ferried to its new home at Moody AFB on December 11, 2015. #15-5782 is 2500th production C-130 Hercules. [Lockeed Martin photo by Damien Guarnieri]
Dec 11, 2015 - Lockheed Martin delivered the 2,500th C-130 Hercules from its production line on December 11, 2015. [Read more...]
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