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Members of Congress are moving forward on attempts to protect the training of Fort Bragg paratroopers, even as Air Force leaders say they are on track to increase their support to Fort Bragg when compared with last year. Reps. Renee Ellmers and Richard Hudson have filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would create additional congressional oversight when it comes to airborne operations on Fort Bragg, to ensure the Air Force is providing the promised support. The House version of that bill already includes a provision aimed at protecting funding for the Global Response Force, which is largely composed of the 82nd A…
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Lockheed Martin recently delivered two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft: one HC-130J long range surveillance/search and rescue aircraft to the U.S. Coast Guard and an MC-130J Commando II Special Operations tanker to the U.S. Air Force. The Coast Guard’s HC-130J was originally delivered in 2015 and received post-production modifications at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, South Carolina, facility. It was ferried from Greenville on May 10 by a Coast Guard crew. The MC-130J was ferried from here today by a U.S. Air Force crew. It is assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The C-130 Hercules is the standard for tactical airlif…
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Air Force Research Laboratory officials have said they plan to have a program of record for air-fired laser weapons in place by 2023. Ground testing of a laser weapon called the High Energy Laser, or HEL, was slated to take place last year at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., service officials said. The High Energy Laser test is being conducted by the Air Force Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. The first airborne tests are expected to take place by 2021, Air Force officials have said. The developmental efforts are focused on increasing the power, precision and guidance of existing laser weapon applications with the hope of mo…
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The Marine Corps intends to add improved sensors and precision-strike capability to its entire KC-130J Super Hercules tanker/transport plane and MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor fleets, applying the “Harvest Hawk” concept to make both aircraft more multi-mission, the deputy commandant of the Marine Corps for aviation told USNI News this week. Lt. Gen. Jon Davis said the Marines’ next aviation plan would include upgrading all 79 C-130Js into Harvest Hawk-capable platforms. The Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit (HAWK) includes both modifications to the plane – the installation of a new MX-20 sensor ball with a laser designator on the nose of the plane, and the Intrepid Tiger ele…
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For more than 40 years, people living in Niagara Falls and other parts of Niagara County could see C-130 Hercules aircraft in the skies on a regular basis. That came to an end Monday, as four of the planes took off for an overseas assignment for the last time. The C-130s have been a mainstay at the local installation, serving the nation in numerous foreign and domestic assignments, utilizing pilots, navigators, loadmasters, flight engineers and medical evacuation personnel. "We've been involved in every major and minor conflict that the world has been involved with, from Panama to Bosnia to Kosovo," said Lt. Col. Mark Ables, who has been flying C-130s s…
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A C-130 flown by the 120th Airlift Wing of the Montana National Guard was retired Monday afternoon. Another C-130 is already at Gore Hill to replace the aircraft with tail number 73-1598 c/n 4573 The retired aircraft will become a static display for public viewing on Gore Hill with the fighter aircraft already on display at Heritage Field, just outside the unit’s gate. The retired C-130 was built in 1973 at a plant in Marietta, Ga. Also that year, President Richard Nixon was in office, M*A*S*H was in production and the price of a first class stamp was 8 cents. The retired C-130 has served many units during its 43 years, including those …
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More than 400 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen from across the country gathered May 2-6 to be certified on the military’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, known as MAFFS, in preparation for the 2016 wildland fire season. Airmen from four ANG wings, together with the AF Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing, took part in classroom-based briefings and training as well as C-130 flying operations. Military flight instructors trained alongside U.S. Forest Service aircrew flying in mountainous terrain over simulated fire lines, while groundcrew members honed their skills servicing the aircraft and reloading the MAFFS units at the tanker base located at Channel I…
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Robins Air Force Base could soon earn the title of Center of Excellence for C-130 maintenance. Congressman Austin Scott of the 8th District says the House Armed Services Committee included language in the National Defense Acquisition Act that would protect the work done by Air Force depots, particularly on the C-130. Scott says the original version of the bill included language that "attacked the depots" and questioned their limited capacity to handle the workload and suggested moving the work out of the depots. He says he fought to remove that language. Instead, the approved version of the bill asks the Air Force to provide a report on the capacity at a…
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On 18 April, the Lockheed Martin KC-130H-382-C82D HERCULES reg. TC-69 (c/n 4814 ) arrived at its new home base, I Brigada Aérea of El Palomar, from L-3 Platform Integration in Waco, TX/USA. Rockwell Collins’ Flight2 avionics system has been selected for the Argentine Air Force (AAF) C-130 upgrade program, where work began in late 2014 with prime contractor L-3 Platform Integration to install equipment on five aircraft. Included in the avionics upgrade is a full glass cockpit with new primary flight displays, Required Navigation Performance/Area Navigation flight management system with High Altitude Release Point/Computed Air Release Point precision air drop softw…
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Air Force officials have been saying they would inactivate the 440th Airlift Wing for more than two years. On Friday, they officially notified Congress that they would move forward on shuttering Fort Bragg's lone airlift wing. According to Rep. Renee Ellmers' office, Air Force leaders said they began efforts to move the wing's 12 C-130H aircraft on Friday, the end of a 90-day waiting period required by law. While the news was expected, Ellmers said it was still hard to stomach, citing the Air Force's inability to fully support Army airborne forces at Fort Bragg, the home to the nation's airborne and quick reaction forces. …
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Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) The Panagarh airbase in West Bengal, renamed Air Force Station Arjan Singh, become operational on Thursday as the second hub for the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. Two C-130J Super Hercules from the Hindan-based 'Veiled Viper' squadron, flew in to the airbase while a batch of six aircraft would be handed over to Indian Air Force by US aviation major Lockheed Martin beginning early next year. Beginning his two day visit to the Eastern Air Command, IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, reviewed the new hangar facility at the airbase which was renamed in the honor of the country's only living five-star officer, Marshal of the Air Fo…
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Maintaining the C-130J Super Hercules fleet here became a more efficient process for the 403rd Maintenance Squadron Isochronal Inspection Dock. The ISO Dock received new maintenance stands April 14. The first aircraft to undergo an inspection using the new stands is enabling maintainers to test out their new equipment, said Master Sgt. Steven Dahl, 403rd MXS flight chief. “This aircraft is riddled with heavy maintenance tasks such as removal of the number one engine change, left outboard flap, and all four main landing gear; which is enabling us to completely test the new stands in almost every possible maintenance scenario we will cross all at …
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The 61st AS distinguished itself as the only C-130J squadron with at least nine crews, consisting of 85 percent of their work force, deployed throughout the year. The squadron, also known as the Green Hornets, safely executed 2,605 tactical airlift sorties, transported 9 million tons of cargo and 19,000 passengers in support of seven combatant commanders. “We were able to prepare ourselves for deployments despite the shortage in aircraft that we had available; for a great part of 2015 we had not even half of our allocated aircraft,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Eric Westby, 61st AS commander. “We cultivated the partnerships with other wings on base in order for us to …
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A U.S. Air Force crew ferried a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the Lockheed Martin facility here on April 29. This aircraft is assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The 61st, which has operated C-130s since 1956, is part of Air Mobility Command's 19th Airlift Wing. 14-5792 c/n 5791 Source: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2016/may/keep-on-rockin-littlerockafbreceivesadditionalc130j.html View full article
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Airmen with the Montana Air National Guard came together on Monday to honor one of their own that will soon retire: a C-130 cargo plane. The C-130 Hercules transport aircraft bears the tail number 73-1598. (c/n 4573) When the plane was being built in 1973 at a manufacturing plant in Marietta, Georgia, President Richard Nixon was in office, the popular television series "M*A*S*H" was in production, and the price of a first-class stamp was eight cents. This C-130 has been stationed Little Rock Air Force Base (Arkansas), Clark Air Base (Philippines) Travis AFB (California, Dyess AFB (Texas), and finally made its way to join the Montana Air Nation…
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Robins Air Force Base could soon earn the title of Center of Excellence for C-130 maintenance. Congressman Austin Scott of the 8th District says the House Armed Services Committee included language in the National Defense Acquisition Act that would protect the work done by Air Force depots, particularly on the C-130. Scott says the original version of the bill included language that "attacked the depots" and questioned their limited capacity to handle the workload and suggested moving the work out of the depots. He says he fought to remove that language. Instead, the approved version of the bill asks the Air Force to provide a report on the capacity at a…
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On 18 April, the Lockheed Martin KC-130H-382-C82D HERCULES reg. TC-69 (c/n 4814 ) arrived at its new home base, I Brigada Aérea of El Palomar, from L-3 Platform Integration in Waco, TX/USA. Rockwell Collins’ Flight2 avionics system has been selected for the Argentine Air Force (AAF) C-130 upgrade program, where work began in late 2014 with prime contractor L-3 Platform Integration to install equipment on five aircraft. Included in the avionics upgrade is a full glass cockpit with new primary flight displays, Required Navigation Performance/Area Navigation flight management system with High Altitude Release Point/Computed Air Release Point precision air drop softw…
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The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp. a $61.3 million contract for an extended-range, search-and-recovery variant of the company’s signature C-130 military transport craft. The contract, awarded Monday, is icing on the cake for Lockheed, which secured a multiyear, $5.3 billion contract in December to deliver 78 C-130Js to a combination of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps customers. The contract also offered the Coast Guard an option to purchase five HC-130Js between 2016 and 2020. This recent contract represents the second of those five options exercised by the Coast Guard. Under the multiyear contract negotiated at the en…
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The test aircraft has been fitted with vertical fins on each wing, called winglets. The 413th Flight Test Squadron aircrew and engineers tested the modified aircraft over eight flights. The goal of the tests was to collect data on possible fuel efficiency improvements and performance with the winglets and lift distribution control system installed. (MC-130J 11-5729 c/n 5729) See more images at link below. Source: http://www.eglin.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123472544 View full article
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Israel is close to starting negotiations linked to a planned deal to boost its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports, sources in the nation have indicated. Three of the airlifters – named "Samson" in Israeli service – are already in operational use at Nevatim air base. Another two will arrive this year under with a further example to follow later. The air force previously outlined a requirement to introduce additional examples on top of those six. Meanwhile, the operational experience gained by the service in operating the new-generation Hercules since April 2014 will lead to an increase in the number of Israeli-developed systems integrated…
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The first Lockheed Martin LM-100J (c/n 5818) commercial freighter aircraft has reached major production assembly milestones at Aeronautics sites located here; Meridian, Mississippi; and Clarksburg, West Virginia. Wing production has begun in Marietta, which is home to the C-130J Super Hercules final assembly line. Other structural parts are in production at the Meridian and Clarksburg facilities. The LM-100J is the civil-certified version of Lockheed Martin's proven C-130J Super Hercules and an updated version of the L-100 (or L-382) cargo aircraft. "Watching the LM-100J move from concept to reality is monumental for everyone involved, including our team m…
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Air Mobility Command has released the results of an accident investigation that examined what caused the Oct. 2, crash of a C-130J during a takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, which killed all 11 individuals onboard upon impact and three Afghan Special Reaction Force (ASRF) members on the ground. The crew flew a successful mission from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to Jalalabad Airfield. While conducting engine running on-load/offload operations at Jalalabad Airfield, the pilot raised the elevators mounted to the horizontal stabilizer by pulling back on the yoke. This provided additional clearance to assist with offloading tall cargo. After a period of time …
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The Vice-president of the American Lockheed Martin’s Dennys Plessas said the Egypt will receive two C-130Js Super Hercules military transport aircraft. Aircraft to be delivered to Egypt in 2019. Egypt It will be the seventeenth international customer for the C-130J military transport aircraft. The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems. The Hercules family has the longest continuous production run of any military aircraft in history. Source: http://defence-blog.com/news/egypt…
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Fifty Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing and two LC-130 ski-equipped aircraft are in the High Arctic supporting the Canadian Forces annual Operation Nunalivut exercise in Canada's Nunavut Territory.' It is the third year that the New York Airmen, based at Stratton Air National Guard Base near Schenectady, N.Y., have participated in the Canadian military exercise. The New York Air National Guard team is operating out of three locations during the exercise – Resolute Bay; Thule Air Base, Greenland; and Little Cornwallis Island which is about 50 miles Northwest of Resolute. The Canadian exercise began on April 1 and wraps up on April…
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A base wide contest was held to pick the tail flash design that represented the rich heritage of the airmen of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard and the people of Puerto Rico. Out of the seven unique and artistic tail flash designs submitted for consideration, the design selected to represent the 156th Airlift Wing was created by Staff Sgt. Luis A. Morales, aircrew flight equipment technician of the 156th Operation Group. A six member committee of varying ranks from different sections of the base evaluated the seven designs and selected Morales' design based on its ability to portray the unique spirit of the PRANG's history, heritage and culture. As the senior rankin…
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