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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...]
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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...]
WC-130J dedicated "Spirit of Keesler"
Apr 22, 2008 - On Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, WC-130J #98-5307 was dedicated "Spirit of Keesler" by the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. Many of Keesler's descendents were on hand to help commemorate the aircraft. [Read more...]
Modified C-130 XV208 to be used for A400M engine testing
Apr 16, 2008 - Well known C-130 W2 XV-208 has a long history at Boscombe Down as a weather research aircraft. Over the years it was heavily modified to carry such equipment. It has now been unmodified and become an engine test bed for the A400M TP400-D6 engine. [Read more...]
Hercules with long history joins the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
Members of the 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to do maintenance on C-130E 62-1817. The aircraft was inducted into history when Lt. Col. Howard Dallman, 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, landed his crew and aircraft under heavy enemy fire from the People's Army of Vietnam to re-supply besieged Marines in Khe Sanh Feb. 5, 1968. Colonel Dallman received the Air Force Cross and his crew received the Silver Star for their effort to re-supply the Marines in Khe Sanh. [USAF phot by Senior Airman Domonique Simmons]
Apr 15, 2008 - Officials in the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron recently added "Patches", a C-130E, tail #62-1817, into its fleet. The airplane arrived from Pope AFB, North Carolina. [Read more...]
KC-130J makes aerial refueling easier
USMC KC-130J #166511 from VMGR-252 simulates aerial refueling with an EA-6B Prowler and a pair of AV-8B Harrier II aircraft at the conclusion of the Marine Air Ground Task Force demonstration on May 7, 2005 held at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. [USMC photo PH2 Daniel J. McLain]
Apr 11, 2008 - To ensure this readiness, Marines from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 conducted a fixed wing aerial refuel training mission April 7 off the west coast of Okinawa with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242. [Read more...]
Inspectors say C-130 Hercules is safe after six months of analysis
Jan 29, 2008 - After a six-month hiatus from flying, C-130E #62-1835 from the 37th Airlift Squadron based at Ramstein AB, Germany is in the air again. [Read more...]
Advanced Tactical Laser fitted to C-130
The Advanced Tactical Laser C-130H 65-0979 flies over Albuquerque, New Mexico in January 2008. [Boeing photo by Ed Turner]
Dec 04, 2007 - On December 4, 2007 fitted the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, onto a special C-130H test bed from Eglin AFB, Florida. The ATL is intended to be used by Special Operation Squadrons. [Read more...]
New C-130J radar warning receiver put to test
USAF ANG C-130J #98-1358, borrowed from the 135th AS, is positioned in the chamber of the Benefield Anechoic Facility here November 8, 2000. The facility will be used throughout November for testing of a new radar warning receiver installed in the aircraft. [USAF photo by Jet Fabara]
Nov 30, 2007 - The 418th Flight Test Squadron and 772nd Test Squadron recently began testing the ALR-56M radar warning receiver in the C-130J Hercules at the Benefield Anechoic Facility. [Read more...]
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