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Lockheed delivers all four C-130Js to Qatar
Company officials formally delivered all four C-130J's on September 28, 2011 to the State of Qatar. The new airlift fleet will ferry to Qatar in October. [Lockheed photo]
Sep 28, 2011 - At ceremony today at the Lockheed facility Marietta, Georgia, company officials formally delivered all four C-130J's on September 28, 2011 to the State of Qatar. [Read more...]
Stealth C-130 Replacement
From left, AFMC commander Gen. Donald Hoffman and AEDC’s National Full-scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC) Test Director Patrick Goulding II get a close look at a 23-percent scale model of the Speed Agile technology demonstrator that recently underwent aerodynamic testing in the world’s largest wind tunnel at NFAC in Mountain View, California. [Photo provided to the USAF]
Aug 19, 2011 - Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) researchers have embarked upon a critical set of experiments designed to test a new Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) transport vehicle concept. [Read more...]
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First Qatar C-130J takes flight
First Qatar C-130J #211 first flight on June 8, 2011 at Marietta, Georgia. [Lockheed photo]
Jun 08, 2011 - The first of the four C-130Js ordered by the Qatar Emiri Air Force had it's first flight today from the factory site at Marietta, Georgia on June 8, 2011. [Read more...]
MC-130J First Flight
First flight of MC-130J #09-6207 on April 22nd, 2011 at Marietta, Georgia. [Lockheed Martin photo]
Apr 22, 2011 - The first Combat Shadow II for the United States Air Force Special Operations Command has completed its first flight at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia. [Read more...]
Indian AF celebrates induction of first C-130J
The first C-130J India KC-3801 took to the skies for its maiden flight on October 4, 2010. The aircraft will now complete a series of company and customer flight tests prior to delivery in December. The second and third aircraft are due to fly within the next few weeks. [Lockheed photo]
Feb 05, 2011 - The Indian AF celebrated the induction to service of its first Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules at Hindon Air Force Station, India, on February 5, 2011. [Read more...]
Student training keeps Little Rock airlift unit 'hopping'
This file photo shows a C-130 training scenario at Little Rock AFB. The 48th AS at Little Rock trains C-130J pilots and loadmasters for the USAF. "Adept, responsive and reliable" are words that leaders at Little Rock said help describe the 48th’s mission, and their airmen are ready to hop to it. [USAF photo by Steele C. G. Britton]
Jan 27, 2011 - As C-130J Super Hercules aircraft hop around the countryside of Afghanistan almost daily delivering supplies and troops to the forward operating bases, it is easy to see why the 48th Airlift Squadron's "Hoppers" feel such a vested interest in the fight - they've been training the Air Force's C-130J pilots and loadmasters since 2004. [Read more...]
USAF HC-130J First Flight
USAF's first HC-130J 09-0108 personnel recovery aircraft was flown for the first time on 29 July 2010. [photo by Todd R. McQueen]
Jul 29, 2010 - The first HC-130J combat rescue tanker destined for the Air Force has made its maiden flight, according to Lockheed Martin. [Read more...]
Canada accepts first C-130J
Canadian CC-130J #130601 at Lockheed Marrietta facility Marietta, Georgia on June 4, 2010. [Lockheed photo]
Jun 04, 2010 - Canada formally accepted the first of 17 Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at ceremonies at Marietta, Georgia and at Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario on June 4, 2010. [Read more...]
U.S. helping get Nigeria’s C-130s back off the ground
Master Sergeant Jim Goostree, a member of the Tennessee Air National Guard's 118th Airlift Wing, examines the engine of a Nigerian C-130 as part of the effort to restore the aircraft to flying condition. Once able to fly, it will go to a repair Depot in Europe for a more extensive overhaul. The mission is part of an ongoing military-to-military engagement between 17th Air Force (U.S. Air Forces Africa) and Nigeria. [USAF photo by Lt.-Col. David MacKenzie]
Jan 05, 2010 - As the United States looks to build strategic partnerships with African countries, it’s investing a lot of hope in Nigeria. Some of that expectation can be heard in the drone of a C-130 jet engine. [Read more...]
USAF C-130 dedicated to Army's 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan
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Oct 05, 2009 - An Air Force C-130H Hercules was dedicated to the Soldiers of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division stationed in Afghanistan, on October 5, 2009. [Read more...]
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