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US confirms donation of C-130E to Ethiopia
USAF C-130E #62-1858 from 198 AS landing at Nellis AFB on October 22, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
Mar 02, 2015 - The United State Embassy in Addis Ababa has confirmed that a C-130E (#62-1858) has been gifted to the Ethiopian government to aid in the support of AU and UN peacekeeping operations. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin Australia to deliver C-130J training solutions to RAAF
C-130J cockpit simulator [courtesy photo]
Feb 26, 2015 - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has awarded Lockheed Martin Australia a contract to supply a modern C-130J-30 Virtual Maintenance Trainer and a Multi-Function Training Aid (MFTA) to support maintenance and aircrew training at RAAF Base Richmond. [Read more...]
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109th AW completes 27th year of Antarctic science support
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James (second to the left) poses for a photo with aircrew from the 139th EAS in front of LC-130H #73-0839 during her visit with participants of Operation Deep Freeze, at McMurdo Station, Antarctica on January 25, 2015. [USAF courtesy photo]
Feb 25, 2015 - New York Air National Guard Airmen flew 241 missions, delivering more than 3,000 passengers and 4.5 million pounds of cargo and fuel to research stations across Antarctica during a deployment to the southern continent that began in October 2014 and ends this week. [Read more...]
Kentucky Air Guardsmen deploy to Persian Gulf for airlift mission
More than 35 members of the 123rd AW depart the Kentucky ANGB in Louisville, on February 21, 2015, aboard C-130H #91-1232 from 165 AS for a four-month deployment to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel. [ANG photo by Maj. Dale Greer]
Feb 21, 2015 - The first 37 of more than 110 Kentucky Air National Guardsmen departed for deployment to an undisclosed air base in the Persian Gulf region. [Read more...]
Keesler maintainers hone C-130 fire drill skills
TSgt. Ronnie Graham, a turboprop craftsman with the 403rd AMXS, goes through his checklist to suppress and extinguish a fire during a fire drill in the 403rd C-103J simulator on January 6. Graham is one of 120 maintainer students who endure the annual maintenance engine run refresher course each year. [USAF photo by MSgt. Brian Lamar]
Feb 17, 2015 - The C-130J cockpit fills with alarms and blinking lights as Tech. Sgt. Ronnie Graham, a turboprop craftsman with the 403rd Maintenance Squadron's Propulsion Flight, methodically runs through his mental checklist to suppress and extinguish a fire in the engine three compartment. [Read more...]
USAFE Airmen participate in Stolen Cerberus II
SrA Ralph Colas, 37th AS loadmaster, looks out the back of a C-130J Super Hercules as it flies over the Greek landscape during Stolen Cerberus II, a flying training deployment, in Elefsis, Greece on February 3, 2015. [USAF photo by SrA Nicholas Crisp]
Feb 11, 2015 - U.S. Air Forces in Europe Airmen traveled to Elefsis, Greece, February 1 to participate in Stolen Cerberus II, a two-week flying training deployment designed to gauge both aircraft and personnel capabilities as well as improve the interoperability of the Airmen and their Greek counterparts. [Read more...]
Cope South 15 successfully ends
U.S. and Bangladesh Air Force personnel take a group photo in front of a BAF C-130B aircraft on January 27, 2015, during exercise Cope South 15 at BAF Base Bangabandhu. [USAF photo by 1st Lt. Jake Bailey]
Feb 03, 2015 - U.S. and Bangladesh air force (BAF) personnel joined together for the closing ceremony of exercise Cope South 15 (CS15) on January 29, 2015. [Read more...]
353rd SOG conducts first heritage flight formation
From left, an MC-130J Commando II and an MC-130P Combat Shadow both from the 17th SOS along with an MC-130H Combat Talon II from the 1st SOS conduct a heritage formation of three MC-130 variants off the coast of Okinawa, Japan on January 26, 2015. The 353rd SOG performed the unique formation to commemorate the arrival of the MC-130J Commando II, the retirement of the MC-130P Combat Shadow and the continuing mission of the MC-130H Combat Talon II. [USAF photo by SrA Maeson Elleman]
Feb 02, 2015 - Crews from the 1st Special Operations Squadron and the 17th Special Operations Squadron came together to perform a formation flight that symbolizes the past, present and future of the 353rd Special Operations Group. [Read more...]
Hill AFB maintainers break record using "Art of the Possible"
Members of the 572nd AMXS at Hill AFB, pose with a sign commemorating their record-breaking performance. The squadron used the Air Force Sustainment Center Way process to reduce the number of "flow days" of depot maintenance from 117 to 107. [USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd]
Jan 26, 2015 - The 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group's C-130 team recently shattered their aircraft delivery performance record by delivering an aircraft in 107 flow days. [Read more...]
Air Force first for Exercise Red Flag at Nellis
RAAF C-130J #A97-465 is seen at Nellis AFB during Red Flag 15-1 on January 22, 2015. [USAF photo]
Jan 26, 2015 - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is preparing to participate in Exercise Red Flag, which commences tomorrow in the United States. [Read more...]
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