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The 130th AW's first all-female aircrew took flight from Yeager Field
Airmen from the 130th AW pose for a photo at McLaughlin ANGB on January 20, 2023. Before the first all-female crew in the unit's history took off en route to NAS Key West's Boca Chica Field in Key West, Florida, for an aeromedical evacuation training mission. [ANG photo by SMSgt. Eugene Crist]
Jan 20, 2023 - The 130th Airlift Wing's first all-female aircrew took flight from Yeager Field, on January 20th. [Read more...]
Hercules Strong: Navy Reserve Warfighting Requirements Team Visits C-130 Hercules Production Plant
Captain Damon Hildebrand, Branch Head, Reserve Enabling Requirements, Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve (right) is seated at the flight controls of a C-130J Hercules simulator during his visit to the historic United States Air Force Plant 6 in Marietta, Georgia, the production facility for the latest generation of the C-130 Hercules on November 8, 2022. [Lockheed Martin photo by David L. Key]
Dec 05, 2022 - A warfighting requirements team from the Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve recently visited the historic United States Air Force Plant 6 in Marietta, Georgia, the production facility for an agile and responsive global air cargo capability seven decades in the making—the latest generation of the C-130 Hercules. [Read more...]
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AFSOC conducts live-fire exercise with Rapid Dragon
A palletized munitions system falls from the cargo hold of a 352d SOW MC-130J Commando II during a live-fire demonstration for ATREUS 22-4 at Andøya Space Defense Range on November 9, 2022. This is the first time Rapid Dragon, a precision munitions capability for medium-sized or larger cargo aircraft that allows U.S. and NATO forces a flexible rapid response option, has been employed in the U.S. European Command theater. [ANG photo by TSgt. Brigette Waltermire]
Nov 11, 2022 - Two Air Force Special Operations Command wings partnered in a total force initiative to conduct the first live-fire demonstration of Rapid Dragon, a long-range palletized munitions system, in the U.S. European Command theater over Andøya Space Defense Range, Norway, November 9, 2022. [Read more...]
AFSOC receives final AC-130J
USAF AC-130J Ghostrider #19-5946 taxies on the flight line following the AC-130J Ghostrider dedication and delivery ceremony on November 2, 2022, at Bob Sikes Airport in Crestview, Fla. The ceremony marked the 31st and final AC-130J delivery to the U.S. Air Force. (USAF photo by TSgt. Michael Charles]
Nov 03, 2022 - Air Force Special Operations Command received its 31st and final AC-130J Ghostrider, completing the command's transition from the legacy AC-130W, AC-130U, and AC-130H fleets. [Read more...]
RAAF to add more C-130Js under Project AIR 7404
RAAF C-130J-30 #A97-467 sits on the flight line at Mountain Home AFB on November 1, 2018. [USAF photo by SrA Alaysia Berry]
Nov 01, 2022 - The Australian Defence Department is replacing and expanding its current medium air mobility fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules aircraft via Project AIR 7404 Phase 1. [Read more...]
Legacy C-130 schoolhouse training continues after the arrival of NP 2000
SMSgt. Joshua Jay, a 154th Training Squadron flight engineer instructor, inspects the top of the new C-130H #92-0548 NP 2000 on loan to the squadron from the 192nd AS on October 21, 2022, at Little Rock AFB. The NP 2000 is similar to the C-130H model flown at the 189th AIrlift Wing, with a few differences such as the eight-bladed props on the NP 2000 compared to the four-bladed props on the legacy C-130. [ANG photo by MSgt. Jessica Roles]
Oct 27, 2022 - With the recent legacy C-130 fleet grounding due to cracks in affected propeller blades, units flying the aircraft across the Department of Defense were working around the clock to find alternative solutions to mission support. As the C-130H schoolhouse which trains all legacy C-130 aircrew stateside and overseas, the 189th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base felt the pressure and worked diligently to find a solution. [Read more...]
Texas Guard unit achieves 200k safe flight hours
USAF C-130J-30 #17-5867 from 181st AS, Texas ANG, touches down after participating in a two-ship formation flight on October 21, 2022, at NAS-JRB Fort Worth, Texas. The completion of the flight marked 200,000 class A mishap-free flying hours for the wing since 1965. [ANG photo by SSgt. Laura Weaver]
Oct 21, 2022 - The 136th Airlift Wing reached 200,000 mishap-free flying hours, on October 21, 2022, achieving a historic milestone on a journey that began June 6, 1965. [Read more...]
71 RQS receive new HC-130J
USAF HC-130J Combat King II #19-5948, assigned to the 71st RQS, taxis on a runway at Moody AFB on September. 8, 2022. This HC-130J is a new addition to the 71st RGS and 71st Rescue Squadron and was the last aircraft of its kind to be manufactured. [USAF photo by A1C Rachel Coates]
Oct 19, 2022 - The 71st Rescue Squadron and 71st Rescue Generation Squadron received a brand-new HC-130J Combat King II (#19-5948) at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, on September 8, 2022. [Read more...]
EC-130J Commando Solo performs final broadcast
USAF EC-130J Commando Solo #00-1934 from the 193rd SOS performs a flyover during Community Days at the Lancaster Airport in Lititz, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2022. Airmen from the 193rd SOW brought to close a 54-year chapter in the unit history as one of the three EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft delivered its final broadcast during the Community Days Air Show event. [ANG photo by TSgt. Tony Harp]
Sep 17, 2022 - Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing here, who operates the only flying military radio and TV broadcast platform in the U.S. military, transmitted their final broadcast today to spectators at the Community Days Air Show at Lancaster Airport, Lititz, Pa., bringing to close a 54-year chapter in unit history. [Read more...]
Wing completes aircraft modernization with the arrival of the eighth C-130J Super Hercules
USAF C-130J-30 #20-5945 arrives at the Kentucky ANGB, from Lockheed-Martin Corp on August 25, 2022. The plane is the eighth J-model to be delivered to the 123rd AW since November, completing the unit’s transition from legacy-model C-130H transports. [ANG photo by SSgt. Chloe Ochs]
Sep 11, 2022 - The 123rd Airlift Wing welcomed its eighth C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the Kentucky Air National Guard Base on August 25, completing the unit's transition from legacy C-130H transports. [Read more...]
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