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C-130Js test tactics against F-16
Air Force pilots prepare for takeoff in a C-130J Super Hercules July 23, 2014, at Dyess AFB. Two 317th AG C-130Js successfully employed air-to-air tactics against an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a training exercise en route to NAS-JRB Fort Worth, Texas. [USAF photo by A1C Kedesha Pennant]
Aug 05, 2014 - Two 317th Airlift Group C-130J Super Hercules successfully employed air-to-air tactics against an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a training exercise July 23, 2014, en route to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. [Read more...]
National Guard C-130Hs to be grounded by 2020?
USAF C-130H #91-1653 from 187 AS seen overhead at Nellis AFB on September 19, 2011. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
Jul 27, 2014 - Military leaders in Wyoming and elsewhere are calling on Congress to modernize the Air National Guard's C-130H fleet or risk grounding the planes. [Read more...]
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FMS to the Philippines for two C-130T's
USNavy C-130T #165351 from VR-55 has just taken off from Ramstein AFB on July 25th, 2012. [Photo by Mario Michels]
Jul 24, 2014 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Philippines for C-130T aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $61 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on July 23, 2014. [Read more...]
Kuwait Air Force pilots train at Cherry Point
Representatives from the Kuwaiti Air Force accepted delivery of the country’s first KC-130J (5746) Super Hercules tanker #326 in June, which was ferried from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics facility in Marietta, Georgia. The aircraft was flown to MCAS Cherry Point, on July 1, 2014 for continued KAF aircrew training. [Lockheed Martin photo by John Rossino]
Jul 16, 2014 - Cherry Point residents may notice a KC-130J Hercules with an unfamiliar color scheme overhead in the coming weeks after the first of three Kuwait Air Force KC-130Js landed at MCAS Cherry Point on July 1. The arrival of the aircraft marks a significant training milestone in U.S. – Kuwait military relations. [Read more...]
ASL Aviation Group signs letter of intent to procure Lockheed Martin LM-100J Freighters
Lockheed Martin officials submitted a Program Notification Letter to the Federal Aviation Administration for a type design update of the Lockheed Martin Model L-382J aircraft, a civil-certified variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules to be marketed as the LM-100J. [Lockheed Martin photo by Marco Ricco]
Jul 16, 2014 - ASL Aviation Group signed a Letter of Intent with Lockheed Martin to order up to 10 LM-100J commercial freighters during a ceremony at the Farnborough Airshow on July 16. [Read more...]
VMGR-152 SUMOs begin transfer to MCAS Iwakuni
USMC KC-130J #168065 takes to the sky July 15, from MCAS Futenma during VMGR-152’s take off ceremony. The aircraft is the first to make the official flight to their new hangar on MCAS Iwakuni. [USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Pete Sanders]
Jul 15, 2014 - Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 marked the beginning of its transfer to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni during a ceremony July 15 at MCAS Futenma. [Read more...]
Around the world in 27 days
USAF MC-130J (09-5711) Commando II maintainers gather to welcome the aircraft and its crew home from a nearly four-week mission around the world on July 9, 2014, at Cannon AFB. The mission was the first of its kind for Air Force Special Operations’ newest aircraft. [USAF photo by A1C Shelby Kay-Fantozzi]
Jul 14, 2014 - The first continuous mission around the world for the MC-130J Commando II, Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest platform, ended successfully July 9 with the aircraft’s safe return to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. [Read more...]
C-130 moved on highway 247 near Warner Robbins AFB, Georgia
Airmen from 402 AMXG/EDMKA roll a C-130H (combination of C-130s #74-2072 and nose from aircraft #74-1665) down Highway 247 in route to Warrior Air Base where Airmen work on repairing various aircraft during exercise conditions board Robins AFB, Georgia. [USAF photo by Ed Aspera]
Jul 10, 2014 - A C-130 fuselage made it's way down public roads and highways around Warner Robins AFB on a mid Thursday morning. [Read more...]
317th AG makes history with 21-ship formation
USAF C-130J Super Hercules roll down the runway on June 21, 2014, at Dyess AFb. 21 C-130 models from multiple Air Force installations participated in a Joint Forcible Entry exercise at Nellis AFB. [USAF photo by SSgt. Richard Ebensberger]
Jun 26, 2014 - The 317th Airlift Group and several other C-130 units launched 21 aircraft in support of a Joint Forcible Entry Exercise (JFE) June 21, 2014, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. [Read more...]
Afghan Air Force completes first-ever C-130 flight
Afghan Air Force 1st Lt. , Shawanaz Nabi Zada, laughs as 1st Lt. Khiah Shinwari showers water over his uniform in celebration of the first-ever all Afghan C-130 flight, Kabul, Afghanistan on June 16, 2014. The aircrew, made up of six Afghan Air Force pilots and loadmasters, successfully completed a mission from Kabul to Kandahar and back. [USAF photo by SSgt. Vernon Young Jr.]
Jun 19, 2014 - The Afghan Air Force marked another major step in their military growth with its first all-Afghan aircrew C-130 Hercules mission on June 16, 2014. [Read more...]
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