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Cope South 15 launches in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Air Force C-130B #S3-AGC prepares to take off from Sylhet International Airport for a personnel drop mission during Exercise COPE SOUTH on January 25, 2015. [USAF photo by 1st Lt. Jake Bailey]
Jan 26, 2015 - U.S. Air Force and Bangladesh air force personnel took to the sky January 24 for the launch of Exercise COPE SOUTH 15, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise at BAF Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh. [Read more...]
Ramstein airmen train with French Air Force
US Airmen ready their C-130J Super Hercules next to their French counterpart's C-130H Hercules at Orleans - Bricy AB, France on January 21, 2015. Two C-130Js from Ramstein AB, Germany, participated in the French-led exercise Volfa 15-1. [USAF photo by SrA Armando A. Schwier-Morales]
Jan 26, 2015 - Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron participated in a multilateral training event as part of Volfa 15-1, an annual training event led by the French Air Force at Orleans - Bricy Air Base, France, January 21, 2015. [Read more...]
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US-Bangladeshi C-130s participate in Cope South 2015
MSgt. Chris Peters, 36th AS loadmaster, prepares to drop a Low-Cost, Low Altitude bundle during exercise Cope South over Bangladesh on November 9, 2013. [USAF photo by Capt. Raymond Geoffroy]
Jan 22, 2015 - C-130s from the US and Bangladesh air forces will take part in an airlift exercise in Dhaka starting this Saturday. [Read more...]
New Hercules to take on heavy lifting across Pacific in 2017
USAF C-130J #02-0314 seen here in flight. [Lockheed Martin Photo]
Jan 20, 2015 - The newest version of the Air Force’s C-130 Hercules transport is coming to Japan, where its increased cargo capacity, power and range should help in disaster relief and other missions across the Pacific, according to officials at Yokota Air Base and aircraft maker Lockheed-Martin. [Read more...]
Wyoming MAFFS crew receives Aircrew Distinction Award
Emergency crews are seen responding to an incident involving C-130H3 #92-1533 from 187 AS that made a hard landing at Hill AFB on August 17, 2014. The aircraft sustained damage including a small fire. [Photo by unknown]
Jan 15, 2015 - A guard, reserve and active duty aircrew aboard a Wyoming Air National Guard C-130H3, recently received the Air Mobility Command Chief of Safety Aircrew of Distinction Award for its efforts following a landing gear malfunction while fighting fires in southern Utah. [Read more...]
Last MC-130H Talon II departs UK
The aircrew prior to their departure flight January 8, 2015, from RAF Mildenhall to Hurlburt Field, Florida. This is the last MC-130H Combat Talon II departure, thus ending its tenure at the 7th SOS at RAF Mildenhall. The MC-130H, tail number 88-0195, is the last of its kind to leave the European theater. [USAF photo by TSgt. Stacia Zachary]
Jan 09, 2015 - The last MC-130H Combat Talon II departed January 8, 2015, thus ending its tenure at the 7th Special Operations Squadron at RAF Mildenhall. The MC-130H, number #88-0195, is the last of its kind to leave the European theater. Its departure marks the final step of Special Operations Command Europe's transition from the Talon II to the CV-22 Osprey. [Read more...]
Philippines buy two C-130s from US Navy
Philippine and U.S. Armed Forces team inspect a C130T in Texas. [US Embassy press photo]
Jan 09, 2015 - Military officials from the Philippines inspected and signed an agreement with the US Navy to purchase two refurbished C-130s for $55 Million and are due for delivery early in 2016. [Read more...]
17th SOS begins upgrade to MC-130J
USAF MC-130J #12-5761 extends its landing gear above the flightline on Kadena AB, December 21, 2014. The MC-130J will replace the MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft assigned to the 353rd SOG’s 17th SOS. [USAF photo by TSgt. Alexy Saltekoff]
Dec 30, 2014 - Kadena's newest aircraft touched down December 21, 2014, after a flight across the Pacific to its new home with the 353rd Special Operations Group. [Read more...]
“Wicked Wanda” flies final mission
USAF AC-130H #69-6575 “Wicked Wanda” taxis for the last time after serving 43 years with the 16th SOS on Hurlburt Field on December 19, 2014. “Wicked Wanda” flew her last flight Dec. 19, and is scheduled to officially retire to the Hurlburt Field Air Park in 2015. [USAF photo by SrA Desiree W. Moye]
Dec 29, 2014 - Often described as low, slow and discreetly lethal, “Wicked Wanda” flew her last flight on December 19, and is scheduled to officially retire in 2015. [Read more...]
317th AG delivers during massive JFE
Eleven C-130H from various ANG units and thirteen C-130J from the 317th AG at Dyess AFB, prepare to take off from Dyess AFB in support of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B on December 6, 2014. [USAF photo by A1C Alexander Guerrero]
Dec 11, 2014 - On Dec. 6, eleven C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 317th Airlift Group participated in a joint forcible entry exercise at Nellis Air Force Base. That same morning, a combined 24 C-130H and J models from the 317th AG and multiple Air National Guard Bases from across the United States took off from Dyess Air Force Base. [Read more...]
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