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Ramstein welcomes new C-130J model
Gen. Roger A. Brady, USAFE commander, flies a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to Ramstein AB on April 7, 2009. Serial required. [USAF photo by A1C Staci Miller]
Apr 07, 2009 - Ramstein's first J-model C-130 Super Hercules aircraft was welcomed by a capacity crowd April 7 during an arrival ceremony. [Read more...]
C-130J enroute to Ramstein
USAF C-130J 08-8601 of the 37th AS, the first of 14 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft bound for Ramstein AB over the next 12 months, is marshaled to the runway Monday to depart the Lockheed Martin Plant in Marietta, Georgia. [Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin]
Apr 06, 2009 - Tail number 8601, the first J-model C-130 aircraft built for the 86th Airlift Wing, departed Marietta, Ga., March 30 to begin a four-leg flight overseas to Ramstein Air Base. [Read more...]
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First C-130E delivered to Poland
Polish visitors and media view the first of five refurbished C-130E 70-1273 military transport planes delivered March 24, 2009 to the Polish AF at Powidz AB, Poland. [USAF photo by Capt. Tony Wickman]
Mar 27, 2009 - American and Polish airmen delivered the first of five refurbished C-130E Hercules military transport planes and spare parts March 24 to the Polish air force at Powidz Air Base, Poland. [Read more...]
AC-130 team shares training with Korean allies
Mar 16, 2009 - A team of AC-130 instructors from Hurlburt Field, Fla. Returned to Kunsan recently. This time around they not only provided training to 8th Security Forces Squadron Airmen, but also expanded their training to include Republic of Korea Air Force and Army personnel. [Read more...]
Cannon maintenance Airmen vital part in historic launch
Airmen with the 73rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit stand in front of a MC-130W Combat Spear on March 2, 2009. In early February the crew chiefs of one of the aircraft was launched as a "black letter initial", which meant that the aircraft was launched with zero discrepancies. [USAF photo by A1C Danielle Martin]
Mar 03, 2009 - February 4, 2009 marked an historic event at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. One of the base's eight MC-130W Combat Spears left the ramp as a "black letter initial". [Read more...]
Squadron continues tradition, honors fallen comrades
SSgts. Nicholas Adams (left) and Steve Pressler release a memorial wreath out the back of a MC-130H Combat Talon II on February 26, 2009 to honor fallen brethren that were lost 28 years ago near Capones Island, Philippines. A 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130E, call sign Stray 59, crashed during an exercise killing eight crewmembers and 15 passengers and a crew from Kadena AB, flew to reach the exact coordinates of the crash site to release the ceremonial wreath. The memorial flight has been flown every year since the accident in 1981. Sergeants Adams and Pressler are 1st SOS loadmasters. [USAF photo by TSgt. Aaron Cram]
Mar 02, 2009 - Members from the 1st Special Operations Squadron took off Feb. 26 from Kadena Air Base, Japan, on a MC-130H Combat Talon II to honor fallen brethren that were lost 28 years ago. [Read more...]
43rd EECS passes 20,000 combat hrs
Feb 24, 2009 - Airmen with the 43rd Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, a unit that has almost five years of continuous deployment, clocked their 20,000th combat flight hour early Feb. 17. [Read more...]
USAF C-130 delivers load of gifts for Polish children
USAF C-130E 70-1264 of the 37th AS and its cargo sit at the airport in Warsaw on January 28, 2009. The 3,250 pounds of toys, books, and clothing for Polish Orphans was donated by Kaiserslautern Military Community for the "My House-My Future." [Department of State photo]
Feb 02, 2009 - A U.S. Air Force C-130 military aircraft landed at the Okecie Airport here, Jan. 28 delivering an unusual cargo - a truckload of gifts from the Kaiserslautern Military Community for the "My House-My Future" Orphanage in Slupsk. [Read more...]
A venerable C-130 makes its final run
C-130E no. 62-1847 from 37th AS passes through the ceremonial water spray from two fire trucks at an air base in Southwest Asia after completing its final combat mission on January 28, 2009. After 47 years of service, the aircraft is being retired. [USAF photo by SrA Courtney Richardson]
Jan 30, 2009 - After 47 years of service without a single hit, a C-130 with the 386th Expeditionary Operations Group here has flown its last combat mission and will be retired to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. [Read more...]
C-5 airlifts C-130 fuselage to Stratton
QUONSET POINT, R.I. -- A C-130 training fuselage is loaded onto a C-5 for transport to Stratton Air National Guard Base, N.Y. The New York unit will use the aircraft for training purposes. This was the first time a C-5 transported a C-130 fuselage.
Sep 18, 2008 - On September 10 a 105th Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy from Newburgh, New York, landed here with precious cargo - a training fuselage of C-130A #56-0550 that the 143rd AW in Rhode Island no longer needed. It was the first time a non-modified C-5 had carried this cargo. [Read more...]
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