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USAF awards Rolls-Royce multi-million dollar AE 2100 engine contract
Airmen from the 41st AMXS, at Little Rock AFB, hold the straps tight on a Rolls-Royce AE2100 turboprop engine as it is removed from a C-130J Super Hercules transport at Fort Sill's Henry Post Army Air Field on November 29, 2012. Soldiers from 168th Brigade Support Battalion provided one of their cranes to help lift the engine from the wing. The plane was grounded for repairs after developing engine trouble during touch-and-go landings. [Photo by Ben Sherman, Fort Sill]
Nov 12, 2014 - The US Air Force has awarded a contract worth over $100 million to Rolls-Royce to purchase spare engines and parts for its C-130J fleet and to support Foreign Military Sales customers. [Read more...]
Airlift squadron established for Ebola response in Senegal
USAF C-130J-30 from 40 AS takes off from Léopold Sédar Senghor IAP in Dakar, Senegalon November 4, 2014, en route to Monrovia, Liberia. The aircraft is carrying 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. [ANG photo by Maj. Dale Greer]
Nov 07, 2014 - More than 35 Airmen and two C-130J Super Hercules from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived here this week to establish the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and to fly humanitarian cargo into Liberia as part of Operation United Assistance, the mission to fight Ebola in West Africa. [Read more...]
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C-130 MMCT program arrives at 179th AW
The 179th AW received the first Multi-Mission Crew Trainer (MMCT) delivered to the ANG on October 28, 2014, in Mansfield, Ohio. The MMCT is a virtual flight simulation program for training on the C-130H Hercules. [ANG photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Harwood]
Nov 01, 2014 - The 179th Airlift Wing is taking a new approach to the runway, with the arrival of a virtual training experience. On Oct. 28, 2014, members of the 164th Airlift Squadron took the first step into this new era with the arrival of the Multi Mission Crew Trainer (MMCT). [Read more...]
Becoming a C-130 Hercules pilot in the Delaware ANG
Brigadier Gen. James C. Witham (right), U.S. ANG deputy director, walks with Col. Robert Culcasi, 166th OG commander, 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware ANG, on the flightline during Steadfast Javelin II on Ramstein Air Base, Germany on September 5, 2014. Active-duty and ANG aircraft are supporting Steadfast Javelin II by providing personnel air drop and air landings in support of forcible entry, force projection and reinforcing the joint commitment to Operation Atlantic Resolve. [USAF photo by SSgt. Sara Keller]
Oct 30, 2014 - Do you want to learn how to become an air crew member aboard the C-130 Hercules cargo transport aircraft, the "workhorse of the Air Force," to serve your state and nation? [Read more...]
Hitting the mark: US, Polish forces take aim
Airmen assigned to the 182nd AW, Illinois ANG; Detachment 1, 52nd OG, from Lask Air Base, Poland; and Polish airmen assigned to the 33rd Transportation Air Base pose for a group photo after a training mission on October 24, 2014, at Powidz Air Base, Poland. The 182nd AW supported rotation 15-1 hosted by the Aviation Detachment. [USAF photo by A1C Dylan Nuckolls]
Oct 29, 2014 - U.S. Air Force aircrew members stand underneath the wing of their C-130 Hercules aircraft on the flight line during pre-checks before a training mission at Powidz Air Base, Poland. [Read more...]
Kadena airmen pay tribute to MC-130P retirement
Four MC-130P Combat Shadows taxi through the water arch after completing a final 4-ship formation flight October 16, 2014. Over the next year, the MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft in the Pacific will be replaced with the MC-130J Commando II. [USAF photo by TSgt. Kristine Dreyer]
Oct 27, 2014 - From providing helicopter air-to-air refueling to conducting long-range support of special operations forces, the MC-130P Combat Shadow has provided a critical service to the U.S. military for nearly 50 years. [Read more...]
ANG supports Av-Det rotation in Poland
USAF C-130H2 #92-1451 from 169 AS prepares to taxi on the flight line during USAF Aviation Detachment rotation 15-1 on October 20, 2014, at Powidz AB, Poland. The rotation serves as part of a bilateral training with Poland. [USAF photo by A1C Dylan Nuckolls]
Oct 21, 2014 - Airmen from the U.S. and Polish Air Forces started training together at the 33rd Air Base at Powidz Air Base, on October 15, 2014, for the start of Aviation Detachment rotation 15-1. [Read more...]
179th Airlift Wing fills its fleet
Members of the 164th AS arrive back at Mansfield, Ohio, after collecting C-130H #82-0055 one of the final two C-130H Hercules, bringing their fleet up to a total of eight C-130s that have been assigned to the Ohio ANG unit. [ANG photo by TSgt. Joe Harwood]
Oct 16, 2014 - On Oct. 8, 2014, members of the 179th Airlift Wing traveled to Little Rock Air Force Base, to pick up its final two C-130H Hercules, completing its fleet with a total of eight. These particular aircraft previously served in Air National Guard missions, one from New York ANG and the other from the Alaska ANG. [Read more...]
EC-130H Compass Call comes to Hunter for joint training
Electronic Warfare Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division and Air Force pose for photo behind the Compass Call aircraft for joint training with Army Electronic Warfare Officers on October 9, 2014 on Hunter Army Airfield. [Photo by Capt. Chad Ashe]
Oct 13, 2014 - According to an Air Force news release, the EC-130H Compass Call is an airborne tactical weapon system that uses a heavily modified version of the C-130 Hercules airframe. [Read more...]
Airmen launch first C-130J flight to assist Ebola outbreak efforts
Capt. Brian Shea and Capt. Joe Eastman, prepare to fly the first mission from the 37th AS into Liberia, to assist with Operation United Assistance on October 7, 2014, at Ramstein AB, Germany. This was the first C-130J Super Hercules flight launched from Ramstein to Monrovia, Liberia in support of OUA. [USAF photo by SSgt. Sara Keller]
Oct 08, 2014 - Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron loaded a C-130J Super Hercules with needed supplies and launched their first mission October 7 to West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance. [Read more...]
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