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Marshall ADG wins Dutch C-130 support work
Jan 16, 2014 - Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has been awarded a long-term contract by the Netherlands Defence Material Organisation. They will support a number of systems on the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s newly modernized fleet of Hercules C-130s under a new contract announced on 15 January. [Read more...]
C-130H, end of an era in Afghanistan
Jan 13, 2014 - All good things don't necessarily need to come to an end; sometimes they are just replaced by something even better.Such is the case with the venerable C-130H Hercules model aircraft at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. [Read more...]
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Polish air force recognizes C-130 maintainers for quick assistance
Jan 06, 2014 - A group of Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, strengthened an alliance with the Polish air force recently, when a Polish C-130 aircraft developed a problem with one of its propellers. [Read more...]
C-130H mission takes flight as the sun sets on 2013
Jan 04, 2014 - The 103rd Airlift Wing reached a historic milestone when it launched the first locally-generated sortie with one of the unit's newly-assigned C-130H Hercules aircraft on Dec. 19, 2013. [Read more...]
300th Super Herc delivered to USAF Special Operations Command
Dec 18, 2013 - The C-130J Super Hercules program reached another significant milestone with the delivery of its 300th aircraft, which was ferried today by a U.S. Air Force crew from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga. [Read more...]
U.S. government receives 200th C-130J, an MC-130J Commando II
Dec 05, 2013 - A Super Hercules designated for Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., was ferried today from the Lockheed Martin plant in Georgia. [Read more...]
Philipines would like to acquire new C-130s
Nov 26, 2013 - In the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda, the Department of National Defense is eying the acquisition of additional C-130 cargo planes – the workhorse in the relief effort. [Read more...]
Yokota Airmen Showcase Low-Cost, Low Altitude Airdrop at Cope South 14
Nov 15, 2013 - U.S. Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, demonstrated Low-Cost, Low Altitude airdrop techniques to Bangladeshi Airmen, during a subject-matter expert exchange at Bangabandhu Air Base, Bangladesh, Nov. 9 through 13, 2013. [Read more...]
Flying Yankees celebrate aircraft roll out
Nov 02, 2013 - The 103rd Airlift Wing celebrated the arrival of the first out of eight C-130H aircraft expected to be assigned to the unit during a formal ceremony on Oct. 5, 2013, despite complications and logistical consequences presented by the 16-day federal government shutdown. [Read more...]
Afghan C-130 takes off to a great start
Oct 24, 2013 - Just one day after receiving two C-130H aircraft, the Afghan Air Force, alongside NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan advisors, conducted the first mission in the new planes October 10. [Read more...]
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