2014
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4458[/ATTACH] KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- From providing helicopter air-to-air refueling to conducting long-range support of special operations forces, the MC-130P Combat Shadow has provided a critical service to the U.S. military for nearly 50 years. The 17th Special Operations Squadron highlighted the beginning of the MC-130P Combat Shadow retirement with one final formation flight here, Oct. 16. “Today's final four-ship formation flight was the 17th Special Operations Squadron's tribute to the heritage and legacy of this fine aircraft,†said Lt. Col. Nathan Colunga, the 17th SOS commander. “This event marks the historic beginning of th…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4454[/ATTACH] Funding for Fort Bragg's 440th Airlift Wing budget is slated to end in March, but that doesn't mean the unit will inactivate anytime soon, officials said. In an email sent to 440th airmen Sunday night, Brig. Gen. James P. Scanlan said Maj. Gen. Stayce Harris has decided not to extend funding for the unit's budget past March. However, the unit will continue operating normally until directed otherwise by Congress. "What this means for all of us is that nothing has really changed," Scanlan said in the email. "Congress has yet to make a decision on the inactivation proposal and we still have a mission to do," he said. "Until Congress makes…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4452[/ATTACH] LITTLE ROCK AFB, Ark. -- On a beautiful sunny day at Little Rock Air Force Base, an Arkansas Air National Guard C-130 got a special nose job. On October 16, Col. Robert Ator II, commander of the 189th Airlift Wing, helped unveil on his assigned aircraft new nose art that celebrates a special chapter of Arkansas Guard heritage. A bright red razorback head now adorns each side of aircraft number 1396, a nod to the state's most well-known university mascot, and a preservation of a symbol that has been a long-standing part of the 189th's sister Air National Guard wing in Fort Smith. The 188th Wing has been known as the Flying Razorbacks …
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http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Navy/Lockheed-C-130T-Hercules/2526193/L/&sid=c5e9542c9c0dc4059b03382b166e99bc Saw this interesting pic on line. In anticipation of getting KC-130J's for the USMCR, the Marines are transferring some KC's to the USN for use as C-130T's Here is one of the first ones I have seen With NY painted out on the tail, USNavy added on the side and no external tanks. 163591 of VR-55 Pt Mugu. Bob
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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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[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]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]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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[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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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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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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DOD to set up 7 Ebola testing labs throughout Liberia By Chris Carroll Stars and Stripes Published: October 7, 2014 Ramstein Germany, Pallets of supplies, including water and MREs, are loaded onto a C-130 on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to be delivered to Liberia in support of the U.S. military effort to fight Ebola in West Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will operate seven mobile testing labs in Liberia to fight the spread of Ebola, the head of U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday at the Pentagon. Hundreds of DOD personnel are in Liberia laying the groundwork for a U.S. military mission to fi…
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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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Commercial C-130 Hercules: The LM-100J By Jeff Rhodes 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 commercial cargo aircraft. Assembly of the first aircraft will begin in 2015 and first flight of the LM-100J is expected by early 2017. The LM-100J looks much like its military C-130J Super Hercules counterpart. The main difference is the lack of lower windows under the windscreen, which allows the C-130J pilots to look ahead and down to see drop zones. The first civil-certified L-100 started its career as a C-130E, and made its debut in 1964. The aircraft (Lockheed company number 3…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4383[/ATTACH] KABUL: The United States has delivered another C-130 aircraft (c/n [cn]4681[/cn] ex USAF 74-1689) to the Air Force of Afghanistan as part of the rehabilitation effort of the Afghan Air Force. A statement released by the Afghan Air Force said Wednesday that Afghanistan has so far received three C-130 cargo aircraft from United States. The source added the delivery of the C-130 is part of the contract with the United States for the delivery of four C-130 aircraft to Afghan Air Force. The last delivery of the C-130 aircraft to Afghan Air Force is expected by the end of this year, the source said. According to the Afghan Air Force, th…
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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]4378[/ATTACH] The US Department of Defense has deployed two Lockheed Martin C-130 transports to California in support of wildfire suppression operations in the area. The aircraft are under control of the US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and were requested to assist by the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, it was announced on 22 September. The C-130s are equipped with the US Forest Service’s modular airborne firefighting systems (MAFFS), supported by the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing based in Charlotte, North Carolina. MAFFS integration with the C-130s turns the aircraft into air tankers that can be used…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4375[/ATTACH] The Air National Guard’s C-130 Fleet Needs Upgrades by 2020 to Meet Federal and International Standards Tuesday, September 23, 2014WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced his support for legislation that would support jobs at Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base (ANGB) and Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS). The bipartisan Air Force C-130H Fleet Modernization Act would give the Air Force flexibility to modernize its C-130H fleet – which in Ohio is flown from Mansfield’s 179th Airlift Wing and Youngstown’s 910th Airlift Wing– so it can continue performing national security and emergency response …
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C-130 news: Egyptian C-130 Crash
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4369[/ATTACH] Developing story - the information presented here is preliminary and may change rapidly. [TABLE] [TR] [TD="class: caption"]Status: [/TD] [TD]Preliminary [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: caption"]Date: [/TD] [TD="class: caption"]Sunday 21 September 2014 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: caption"]Type: [/TD] [TD="class: desc"]Lockheed C-130 Hercules [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: caption"]Operator: [/TD] [TD="class: desc"]Egyptian Air Force [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: caption"]Registration: [/TD] [TD="class: desc"] registration unknown [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: caption"]C…
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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…
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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]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]4360[/ATTACH] A second Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transport will be delivered to the Israeli air force soon, following a lead example that was received by the service on 9 April. The Israeli service has four C-130Js on order and calls the new-generation Hercules the "Samson". Sources in Israel say that a follow-on contract for another two of the aircraft is also in final stages of processing. Israel's C-130Js have a three-seat cockpit configuration, similar to that used by the US special forces community. Its first aircraft has already been equipped with dedicated mission systems, and crews from its "Elephants" squadron are now busy developing…
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]4358[/ATTACH] Over the past few decades, average global temperatures have been on the rise, and this warming is happening two to three times faster in the Arctic. As the region's summer comes to a close, NASA is hard at work studying how rising temperatures are affecting the Arctic. NASA researchers this summer and fall are carrying out three Alaska-based airborne research campaigns aimed at measuring greenhouse gas concentrations near Earth's surface, monitoring Alaskan glaciers, and collecting data on Arctic sea ice and clouds. Observations from these NASA campaigns will give researchers a better understanding of how the Arctic is responding to risi…
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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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