US Herk Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 What\'s the latest plans for Maxwell? Will they keep their Herks? At one point, I thought they were going to switch to C5 or KC135 or something, but I saw a semi-recent article somewhere about them getting the first AMP birds. Anyone know what their future holds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meh130 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I don\'t recall any plans for anything other than C-130s for Maxwell, certainly not in the last BRAC. The USAF originally proposed to increase Maxwell by 4 C-130Hs for the BRAC, but that was canceled by the commission. There was some various speculation prior to the last BRAC (J\'s, C-17s, etc.), but that was more rumor mongering than fact. Rumors of the elimination of the C-130s at that time was driven by the large amount of MILCON spent at MXF for the C-130s, and the tendency for BRACs to track behind large MILCON spends. Other rumors of the C-130s leaving was driven by the rumors of the AL ANG F-16s picking up an Active Associate. That happened, but they kept the planes at Dannelly. MXF was originally proposed to get the first AMP bird because it owned the first AMP bird. I do not know if that is still the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPTestFE Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 The latest is that Pope will receive the first AMP birds as an operational unit. 89-9101 (former Maxwell/Youngstown?), will go to Pope. This, of course, after Arkansas gets enough to train aircrew & mx with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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