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Lockheed Martin has landed aircrew and weapons training contracts worth $80 million in total from the US Air Force, Executive Biz reported Tuesday. The order includes the deployment of an air mobility command weapon systems trainer and loadmaster part task trainer for the C-130J Hercules transports at the Yokota Air Base in Japan; spares, equipment and technical support for the KC-130J; and related maintenance services, Lockheed said Monday Company officials said Lockheed strives to upgrade its training systems to match evolving aircraft platforms in support of the warfighter’s mission readiness objectives. “Lockheed Martin is applying more than 20 years of C-130 traini…
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MESA, AZ (KPHO/KTVK) -International Air Response is no stranger to the silver screen. Bane dangled out the back of an IAR airplane in the skies over Scotland for "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2012. "Movies are great because you get exposure," Billy Grantham, CEO of International Air Response, said. "So when we go and do a major motion picture, the buzz is all over social media and our name is getting out there.” Cars fell from 12,000 feet over the desert near Coolidge thanks to IAR's effort in Furious 7, the last in The Fast and the Furious franchise. "People that drive cars out of planes are usually pretty fun people to work with,' Grantham said, talking about the stunt …
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Operation IceBridge wrapped up its seventh Arctic deployment on May 21, when NASA's C-130 research aircraft with the mission's researchers and instruments on board departed Thule Air Base in Greenland and headed to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This Arctic field season, IceBridge, NASA's twice-yearly airborne survey of polar ice, carried out 33 eight-hour flights during ten weeks, collecting data over sea and land ice regions that have been evolving rapidly over the last decades. The mission also conducted over a dozen international research collaborations and released two sea ice data products that will help scientists forecast how Arctic sea ice will beha…
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Elbit Systems and IAI have given the C-130 Hercules a facelift with new radar and digital screens and a replace main wing. The legendary C-130 Hercules airplanes have undergone a facelift. With technology from defense electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd. and Isreal Aerospace Industries Ltd., the upgraded aircraft has new radar and digital screens, and a replaced main wing, which are just part of the improvements that will keep the heritage planes flying for at least another decade. The first improved plane has taken off from Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel. The first improved C-130 Karnaf (Hebrew for Rhino) heavy transport airplane has taken to the air after a long …
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MALAYSIA - Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group along with members from the 36th Airlift Squadron conducted multinational and bilateral training during Joint Chief of Staff Exercise Teak Mint 15-1 in Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, Malaysia, May 26 through June 13. “This exercise has been a great opportunity for our Airmen to learn,” said Maj. Michael S. Perry, Teak Mint 15-1 mission commander. “For the past two weeks, we had the opportunity to build a mutually beneficial relationship between U.S. and Malaysian air forces. Each group came here with a diverse perspective shaped by their unique history. I was happy to see how both countries took full advantage of buil…
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STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – New York Air National Guard Airmen flew 241 missions, delivering more than 3,100 passengers and 4.5 million pounds of cargo and fuel to research stations across Antarctica during a deployment to the southern continent that began in October 2014 and ends this week. This is the 27th year that the 109th Airlift Wing supported the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Program as part of Operation Deep Freeze, military logistics support for the research effort.This mission season also saw the successful deployment of "IcePod" device on the wing’s LC-130 “Skibird” aircraft, an imaging system that can measure the depth of an ice sheet.“…
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According to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Warner Robin, Georgia, has been awarded a $7,957,813 contract for Iraq C-130E/J aircraft sustainment. Contractor will provide in country sustainment for the Iraq C-130E/J aircraft. Work will be performed at Baghdad, Iraq, and is expected to be complete by June 30, 2017. This contract involves foreign military sales. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8530-08-D-0008). View original article... Image: Lockheed Martin View full article
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STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, SCOTIA, N.Y. - Three New York Air National Guard LC-130s and nearly 75 Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing will depart for Kangerlussuaq (gang-er-loose-sue-arc), Greenland, Monday, July 13 in support of the National Science Foundation. The wing has been providing their annual Greenland support this year since April; Monday will mark the fifth rotation. Mission support to the Arctic region continues through the summer. WHO: About 75 Airmen, including aircrews, LC-130 aircraft maintainers, cargo processors and other support personnel, will deploy for the fifth rotation of the Greenland season. WHAT: Every summer, Airmen and aircraft with t…
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C-130 News: Lockheed Martin says maritime C-130 offering for UK has international potential
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Lockheed Martin plans to leverage for the international market the maritime patrol C-130 upgrade that it proposes for the UK, a company official told IHS Jane's at the Paris Air Show. With dozens of operators around the world already fielding the venerable airlifter, George Shultz, Vice President and General Manager C-130 Programs, said that the palletized maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) that it is touting for the UK could be a good fit for others. "We have been in discussions with the UK over its MMA [maritime multi mission aircraft] requirement, and we believe that our solution [of converting existing C-130s in the inventory] could meet other customer needs around the …
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Operation Eagle Claw is known as the “most successful failed mission in history.” It was a joint-services mission to rescue Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Iran in 1980. Hurlburt Field recently held a recent ceremony honoring those who died during the operation, and the valuable lessons learned as a result of what happened. On November 4th 1979, a group of Iranian revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran taking 66 citizens hostage. Thirteen were eventually released. After five months of failed negotiations to secure the release of the remaining 53 hostages, officials in the Carter Administration turned to the Air Commandos from Hurlburt Field, “…
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MANSFIELD, Ohio -- Community pride was on display Thursday during the 179th Airlift Wing's dedication ceremony that paid tribute to the City of Galion. The local unit of the Ohio Air National Guard invited members of the Galion community to see the new "Spirit of Galion" emblem painted above the aircrew door of a C-130 Hercules. All eight of the 179th's C-130s have been dedicated to a local community, including Ashland, Clear Fork Valley (representing Bellville and Butler), Crestline, Galion, Lexington, Mansfield, Ontario and Shelby. Lt. Col. Patty Barr, the Maintenance Group Deputy Commander, said the dedications are meant to show the unit's ap…
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Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) on Tuesday marked the 60th anniversary of the roll out and first flight of the first C-130 (C-130A 53-3129 c/n 3001) Hercules built in Marietta, Ga.Gov. Nathan Deal reenacted the 1955 ceremony held at the Marietta plant by christening a C-130J Super Hercules (MC-130J 13-5770 c/n 5770) with a bottle of Chattahoochee River water, just as Gov. Marvin Griffin did 60 years ago. Check out the venerable aircraft and the event today in the slideshow on the right.The C‑130 production line in Marietta is the longest continuously operating military aircraft production line in history. View original article: http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/n...-o…
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BILOXI -- For years, a strange problem with the U.S. Air Force's C-130 aircraft had pilots and crews reporting sickness, discomfort and, in some cases, excruciating pain after routine flight missions. The phenomenon remained a mystery until February, when a handful of reservists at Keesler Air Force Base took the initiative to solve the mystery. They made a tiny discovery that's affecting airplanes worldwide.The problem was with the pressurization system on the C-130 Hercules -- the longest-produced and perhaps most-popular aircraft in military history. The versatile airplane serves as an attack gunship, a troop transport, a surveillance plane and many other roles.Keesler…
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5/1/2015 - POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. -- U.S. Air Force and British Royal Air Force Mobility Airmen and 25 aircraft conducted the largest multinational Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise over the last 20 years alongside U.S. Army and British soldiers here Apr. 10 through Apr. 17. The purpose of this exercise was to prepare United States Transportation Command units, Air Mobility Command, Royal Air Force forces and elements of the 82nd Airborne Division and British Army's 16 Air Assault Brigade to respond as part of the Global Response Force and to conduct Joint Forcible Entry operations. The GRF is a force dedicated to maintaining the capability of deploying on sh…
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A congressionally mandated Air Force review of the service's C-130s backs up all of the service's decisions to move and retire parts of its Hercules fleet, but fails to allay concerns from lawmakers who are poised to block those plans. The Air Force in March finalized a report on C-130 force structure, which was mandated in the fiscal 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. That year, the Air Force attempted to retire dozens of C-130s, but was blocked by Congress, which then required the service to produce a report on the savings and strategic decisions behind the moves. The Air Force kept a minimum of 358 aircraft during the review. The service is now moving to reduce…
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Pentagon’s prime contractor, Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT - Analyst Report) won two contacts from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015. The larger of the two contracts is worth $480 million. Per this indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (“IDIQ”) contract, Lockheed Martin will continue to assess and enhance the capabilities of the U.S. Air Force’s C-130J aircraft. The company will work on upgrading the aircraft in each of its areas of development. The contractor will carry out its research and development work at Marietta, GA. The work is expected to complete by Jun 19, 2030. The company received the contract from Air Force Life Cycle Managem…
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DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – The 317th Airlift Group here has developed training, tactics and procedures for C-130Js flying within contested, degraded or operationally constrained environments or CDOs. With modern-day technology, equipment that sends or receives an electronic current or signal can potentially be affected by an enemy. The new method of navigating the aircraft allows pilots to manually correct their navigation systems, keeping them on their flight path. The aircraft's predecessor, the C-130H Super Hercules, required a navigator who determined positioning using visual recognition of landmarks and distinguishable topography. The crews would rely primarily …
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C-130 News: Tester and Daines working for C-130 upgrades for the Montana Air National Guard
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GREAT FALLS - U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Steve Daines (R-MT) are working to keep the Montana Air National Guard flying. During a recent meeting of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, Tester announced he was introducing legislation to make sure the C-130 fleet of the 120th Airlift Wing is upgraded. Tester said, “My fear is we end up with a fleet of C-130s that is incapable of operating in domestic air space, and they will end up sitting on a runway somewhere until they are mothballed.” The Federal Aviation Administration has set a deadline for the upgrades for 2020. Tester's bill will give the Air Force the budgetary flexibility it needs to implem…
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French Ministry of Defence, will place orders for American C-130J according to French internet page Air&Cosmos. Airbus is behind delivery schedule but this does not seem to be main problem. A400M aircraft lacks in-flight refuelling capability for helicopters. The director of Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), “General Directorate for Armament Laurent Collet-Billon stated that the turmoil of the propellers of the A400M, is too dangerous to refuel helicopters.A team from the DGA is currently in the United States to negotiate the acquisition of C-130J Lockheed Martin that may reach several hundred million USD.In 2014, when delivery of non-compliant A400Ms was refus…
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HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen, assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing's Aerial Spray Maintenance Flight, ready one of the wing's modified C-130H Hercules tactical cargo aircraft for an aerial spray sortie here, March 17, 2015. The sortie over target areas on the nearby Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) was one of 24 sorties, or flights, applying approximately 32,075 gallons of herbicide to more than 1539 acres of ground to eradicate invasive weeds from the bombing ranges. As home of the Department of Defense's (DoD) only large-area fixed wing aerial spray capability and dedicated aerial spray maintenance flight, the 910th's Citizen Ai…
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US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) plans to fit high-energy-laser active denial systems onto some of the AC-130J Ghostrider gunships currently under development. "We're not always going to kill people in our sights, sometimes we just want them to stop what they're doing … active denial weaponry is key to all of this," Lieutenant General Bradley Heithold, AFSOC commander, told the Directed Energy Summit, as quoted by IHS Jane's. The Active Denial System (ADS), often referred to as heat or pain rays, is meant to quickly heat the surface of the skin causing unbearable pain by firing a beam of 94-Ghz microwaves. The beam affects only the surface of the skin bu…
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The National Interagency Fire Center has made the request to increase the number of DOD Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s aiding in the suppression of California wildland fires from two to four Aug. 14. Two Air Force Reserve MAFFS equipped C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing here along with aircrews and support personnel from the Colorado Reserve wing have been activated and performing fire-fighting missions from McClellan Air Field, California, since Aug. 3. The Air Force Reserve C-130s will be joined by aircraft and crews from the 153rd AW, Wyoming Air National Guard and the 145th AW, North Carolina ANG. As …
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POWIDZ AIR BASE, Poland — Air Force members left Powidz Air Base, Poland, April 17 after completing bilateral training with the Polish air force. The training featured two C-130J Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, two C-130H aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing and military personnel from around Europe. “Flying in Poland affords the 37th AS a tremendous opportunity to accomplish training that we’d otherwise have difficulty obtaining,” said 1st Lt. Kenneth Hertzler, 37th AS co-pilot. “Our time with the Poles was important for all of us because our air forces were able to exchange with one another in terms of experience and ideas. With that exchange, we’re able to c…
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Lockheed Martin UK (LMUK) has given further details of its pitch to address the United Kingdom's maritime patrol capability gap - as well as other missions - using revitalised Royal Air Force (RAF) C-130J Hercules transport aircraft that would otherwise be heading out of service around 2022. LMUK's proposal effectively leverages both its parent company's position as the original equipment manufacturer of the C-130J plus LMUK's experience as prime contractor in upgrading the Royal Navy's Merlin HM.1 multimission maritime helicopters to HM.2 standard under the Merlin Capability Sustainment Programme. The plan is to "take aircraft in service that are tried and tested and m…
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MANSFIELD, Ohio -- The Spirit of Crestline was unveiled Thursday, emblazoned with pride along the side of a C-130 Hercules at Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport. The emblem was painted over the aircrew door as a tribute from the 179th Airlift Wing to the village. "We are taking the airplanes and dedicating all eight of them to the local communities who have supported us all through our ups and downs," said Lt. Col. Patty Barr, the Maintenance Group Deputy Commander. Crestline is the seventh of eight communities in the area to be honored by the 179th. Mansfield, Lexington, Shelby, Ontario, Ashland and the Clear Fork Valley (representing Butler and Bellville) have all earne…
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