2014
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4426[/ATTACH] MANSFIELD – Bellville Mayor Darrell Banks was thrilled to see a C-130H dedicated as the "Spirit of Clear Fork Valley" on Thursday afternoon at the 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard. "We have a lot of spirit in the Clear Fork Valley and are very excited to have this," Banks said after the dedication. "We are vey proud of our military people who are in our military out here at the 179th and all over the world. To have this named after the valley is just a very proud moment for Bellville and Butler and all the valley." The title "Spirit of Clear Fork Valley" was painted over the aircrew door, and beneath the name is an…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4288[/ATTACH] During the early days of Vietnam Conflict, the US developed a special kind of attack aircraft to stop the flow of enemy troops and supplies: the gunship. The Gunship aircraft, born from the conversion of cargo aircraft into powerful aerial weapons armed with big guns, were based on the concept of the circling attack. In other words, the guns were mounted on the left side of the gunship so that the plane could fly a bank circle, achieving a good accuracy in strafing the target by using high velocity guns with a caliber of at least .30. The first two types of gunships developed by the US were the twin-engine piston powered Douglas C-47…
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C-130 Carrier Landing Trials...the rest of the story In early March 2005, a crew from Marine Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352) at MCAS Miramar, California, picked up a new KC-130J—the fourth new aircraft for the squadron—from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia. The unit's ongoing conversion meant that the time had come to retire one the squadron's older aircraft. Like nearly every other tanker in the US Marine Corps fleet, Bureau Number 149798 had seen its share of action in Vietnam, Iraq in Operation Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq again in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Unlike most other aircraft that had served out its career, the fin…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4341[/ATTACH] 2014 Hercules Operators Council Transforming Hercules Partnerships The 2014 HOC will once again be held at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, GA from October 20-23, 2014. We are happy to announce the release of the 2014 HOC Invitation Letter. Click here to download the invitation letter and save to your computer. The theme of this year's HOC is "Transforming Hercules Partnerships". What's New? Customer Engagement Workshops, see below for information. Registration Registration opened on Monday June 16. Click here to access our registration website for HOC attendees, exhibitors, vendors and plant tour registration. M…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4422[/ATTACH] As 2011 ended, Snow Aviation International Inc. made a court-ordered deadline to move its experimental Lockheed C-130 Hercules from a hangar at Rickenbacker International Airport with just hours to spare. The Herk was towed to neighboring cargo flyer AirNet Systems Inc. in what was described as a temporary arrangement until a new propeller would make it flyable. Founder and CEO Harry Snow Jr. told me then that he would work with his main investor and creditor in Cleveland, Moxahela Aviation LLC, to rejuvenate the business that never made a sale after promising some 500 jobs in 2001. “Talk to me in the second week of January (2012…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4277[/ATTACH] FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 16, 2014 – ASL Aviation Group signed a Letter of Intent with Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to order up to 10 LM-100J commercial freighters during a ceremony here today. The LM-100J is the civil-certified version of Lockheed Martin’s proven C-130J Super Hercules and is an updated version of the L-100 (or L-382) cargo aircraft. Safair — an ASL associated company based in South Africa — currently operates one of the world’s largest L-100 fleets. “We’ve long relied on our L-100s to deliver results that no other aircraft can produce. From flying humanitarian relief supplies over rugged African…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4529[/ATTACH] A $560 billion defense bill that is critical to jobs in South Mississippi is now awaiting President Barack Obama's signature. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker reports the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Friday. Wicker reports one of the provisions of the measure focuses on C-130Js at Keesler Air Force Base. It prohibits the transfer of the planes stationed at Keesler unless the Air Force can substantiate its claim that the transfer would save taxpayer dollars. Ten of the Flying Jennies were scheduled to be relocated to another Air Force base and the 815th and 345th squads were set to be deactivated, but that decision was …
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4419[/ATTACH] John Carney has a bill in search of sponsors. A lot of them. And he knows it. "Got a long way to go," Carney, the state's sole representative in the U.S. House, said Monday about his quest to upgrade the aging C-130 transport airplanes before worldwide digital navigation and air traffic control regulations make them obsolete by 2020. "That's the challenge ahead of us." Carney is looking at the bright side — and says the facts are on his side. "We have a really compelling case, in my view," Carney said following remarks to 200 airmen gathered at the New Castle Air National Guard base. "It's simple. Fiscally, it makes…
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It took experts at Shahid Doran Air Base in Iran’s southwestern city of Shiraz more than 30,000 man-hour to overhaul the aircraft. The military airplane made successful test flights after the overhaul and returned to service back in the air. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport aircraft. Before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the overhaul of military p…
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Lockheed Martin is anticipating its forthcoming LM-100J aircraft to garner demand for some unique missions, including oil spill clean-ups among other roles. The aerospace and defense manufacturer will also make a major announcement regarding its latest non-military aircraft program at next week's Farnborough International Airshow. In February, Lockheed announced it will be pursuing an amended type certification from the FAA for the LM-100J. The aircraft is a modern version of the L-382J—which was a commercial variant of the C-130J Super Hercules that went out of production in 1992. Lockheed Martin is anticipating its forthcoming LM-100J aircraft to garn…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4267[/ATTACH] Lockheed Martin is anticipating its forthcoming LM-100J aircraft to garner demand for some unique missions, including oil spill clean-ups among other roles. The aerospace and defense manufacturer will also make a major announcement regarding its latest non-military aircraft program at next week's Farnborough International Airshow. In February, Lockheed announced it will be pursuing an amended type certification from the FAA for the LM-100J. The aircraft is a modern version of the L-382J—which was a commercial variant of the C-130J Super Hercules that went out of production in 1992. Now, the company is ready to re-enter the co…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4417[/ATTACH] Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group Canada has been subcontracted by Cascade Aerospace in relation to the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF’s) CC130 Avionics Optimised Weapons System Management (AVS OWSM) program, the firm noted in a news release. More from the Marshall Aerospace release: The AVS OWSM program is one of three contracts planned by Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) to support the RCAF’s CC130 Hercules legacy transport fleet. The Primary Air Vehicle (PAV) OWSM Program, on which Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group Canada is also the engineering subcontractor, has been underway since 2006. The AVS OWSM…
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C-130 News: RAAF marks 800,000 Hercules flying hours
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4413[/ATTACH] The RAAF has marked 800,000 flying hours by its Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules fleet over five decades with a formation flight by three 37SQN C-130J aircraft over Sydney Harbour on Wednesday. “Behind this milestone is the contribution of many talented men and women who have made these 800,000 flying hours possible,†Commander of Air Mobility Group Air Commodore Warren McDonald, said. “Several generations of Australians have contributed to this achievement, regardless of which Hercules they worked on.†The RAAF has operated a total of 48 C-130s in four different variants (C-130A, E, H and J) since 1958. Today 12 C-130J-30 Hercu…
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WASHINGTON, July 29, 2014 – Airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, found the body of an adolescent boy in the wheel well of a C-130J cargo plane July 27, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said today. The body is possibly of African origin and was found trapped in a compartment above the aircraft’s rear landing gear, Kirby said during a news conference. “American and German emergency responders were summoned, removed the body, and transported it to a German facility for autopsy and further investigation,†he said. The aircraft had just returned from supporting U.S. Africa Command operations with stops in Senegal, Mali, Chad, Tu…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4362[/ATTACH] The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) may retain in service a number of its Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transport aircraft for special forces use, a senior service official disclosed on 16 September. Speaking at the IQPC Military Airlift 2014 conference in London, Group Captain Simon Edwards, Officer Commanding RAF Brize Norton, said that there may be a continued need for the C-130J beyond its current planned out of service date (OSD) of 2022. "We will start drawing down the C-130 fleet in the next couple of years, and will retire them in 2022. However, if we keep [a number of] them, and we may, it will probably be for special forces use,"…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4380[/ATTACH] NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing make their final flight in a C-130 Hercules on Thursday as the wing continues to transition to flying the MQ-9 remotely piloted vehicle. Members of the press are invited to see the plane land at the conclusion of the flight and the traditional "wet down" ceremony that follows a final flight and interview the wing commander, Col. John J. Higgins. WHO: Members of the 107th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard including Col. John J. Higgins, the commander of the 107th Airlift Wing who will serve as naviga…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4428[/ATTACH] MANSFIELD, Ohio - On Oct. 8, 2014, members of the 179th Airlift Wing traveled to Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., to pick up its final two C-130H Hercules, completing its fleet with a total of eight. These particular aircraft previously served in Air National Guard missions, one from New York Air National Guard and the other from the Alaska Air National Guard. The 164th Airlift Squadron aircrew members got a ride down to Little Rock AFB in a C-12R provided by the Joint Operations Special Airlift Center with Michigan Army National Guard pilots. A team of members were sent to pick up the two C-130s, some from 179th Airlift Wing Ma…
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The long-awaited, much anticipated National Defense Authorization Act for 2015, featuring language that clears the way for modernization of the 179th Air National Guard Airlift Wing's fleet of eight C-130H transport aircraft, finally made it out of Congress late Friday. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the wide-ranging legislation in the next few days. But Rich Green, former commander of the 179th and now leader of the Mansfield Military Affairs Council, isn't giving up the fight just yet. The 179th's aircraft would be prevented from flying across much of the globe by 2020 unless enhanced communication gear, known technically as Automatic Dependent Surveillanc…
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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan - Kadena's newest aircraft touched down here, Dec. 21, 2014, after a flight across the Pacific to its new home with the 353rd Special Operations Group. The MC-130J Commando II is replacing the retiring MC-130P Combat Shadow assigned to the 353rd SOG's 17th Special Operations Squadron. "The Commando II represents a giant leap forward for specialized air mobility," said Maj. Michael Perry, 17th SOS assistant operations officer. "The MC-130J can carry more, further and faster than any of its predecessors." Special operations began using the Combat Shadow in the mid-1980s, conducting air refueling missions during Operation Just Cause in Pana…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4506[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]4507[/ATTACH] POPE FIELD, N.C. — While conducting flight training, an in-flight incident occurred when a U.S. Army C-27J and a U.S. Air Force C-130H made contact in the vicinity of Fort Bragg on Dec. 1 at approximately 8:30 p.m. Both aircraft landed safely with no reported injuries to aircrew or civilians, although each aircraft sustained some damage. An investigation of the incident is currently underway and further details will be available upon its completion. View original article: http://myfox8.com/2014/12/02/2-plane...g-land-safely/
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4513[/ATTACH] Senate and House Armed Services Committee leaders have come to an agreement to halt the inactivation of the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Field, said U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan. The agreement announced Wednesday would stop all C-130H and C-130J aircraft transfers until 60 days after the Air Force issues a report outlining a justification of the decision. It would also mandate an independent review …
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4536[/ATTACH] Since it’s inception in 1985, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VR) 62 has logged more than 81,000 mishap free flight hours. VR-62 was established at NAF Detroit in 1985 as a C-9 transport squadron. In 1994, the squadron transitioned to the C-130T Hercules airframe, and changed its home base to become VR-62 “Mass Transit†at NAS South Weymouth, Mass. When NAS South Weymouth closed in 1996, VR-62 moved again and became the “Nor’easters†based out of NAS Brunswick, Maine. When Brunswick closed in 2008, VR-62 changed its name to “Nomads†and its home base to NAS Jacksonville. In addition to celebrating 29 accident-free…
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AC-130H 69-6575 'Wicked Wanda' c/n[cn]4349[/cn] flew her last flight on 20 Dec 2105. She will retire at Hurlburt Field AFB, FL. View original article: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hurlburt-Field-Air-Force-Base/154314431245875
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4364[/ATTACH] Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has been awarded a $27,988,682 modification (P00078) to previously awarded contract FA8625-12-C-6598 for the Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measures C-130 Group A Kits and Installations. The contractor will provide the kits and the associated installations to 28 C-130 aircraft (11 AC-130H, 12 MC-130U, and five EC-130J). Work will be performed at Crestview, Florida, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2017. Fiscal 2014 and 2012 overseas contingency operations funds in the amount of $27,988,682 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Manageme…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4367[/ATTACH] NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — The head of the US Air National Guard wants to launch a study on the path forward for the component’s fleet of C-130 transport aircraft. That study would focus on domestic requirements of the C-130 fleet, creating a baseline for what capacity is needed and where, Lt. Gen. Stanley “Sid†Clarke told reporters Tuesday at the Air Force Association’s annual Air & Space Conference. “If we pin that number on what the requirement is, then we need to talk about how we’re going to recapitalize that fleet over time because you can just buy them all at once,†Clarke said. “Then we can also discuss how we…