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Aircraft had been operated by Air America as 604, c. February 1970. October 29, 1980: An extensively modified YMC-130H, 74-1683, c/n 4658, crashed at Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field 1, Wagner Field, Florida, during a demonstration of a modified MC-130H Combat Talon aircraft for a planned Iranian hostage rescue attempt named Operation Credible Sport ...
The first MC-130J, AF Ser. No. 09-6207, undertook its initial test flight on 22 April 2011. [137] The 522nd Special Operations Squadron received its first MC-130J in late September 2011. [138] A total of 37 MC-130J aircraft are programmed to replace all other MC-130 variants by the end of the fiscal year 2017.
As a cargo and airlift aircraft, the C-130J's crew includes two pilots and one loadmaster (no navigator or flight engineer), while specialized USAF variants (e.g., AC-130J, EC-130J, MC-130J, HC-130J, WC-130J) may have larger crews, such as navigators/Combat Systems Officers or other specialized officer and enlisted air crew. The U.S. Marine ...
Debris from the aircraft was found in Leflore County, Mississippi. The USMC released a statement calling the event a "mishap." [4] The crash is the deadliest Marine Corps disaster since 2005, when a U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing 31 people. [5]
The squadron operates MC-130J Commando II aircraft in support of special operations. The 6th SOS specializes in the use of night vision goggles and formation tactics to refuel large helicopter and tilt-rotor formations. The squadron was first activated in India during World War II as the 6th Fighter Squadron, Commando.
During a recent training exercise, the United States Air Force landed two C-130 aircraft, including the AC-130J Ghostrider, on a four-lane highway in Arkansas. ... the AC-130J crew was able to ...
The scan was performed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Saturday by using an aircraft to deploy green laser pulses to map the riverbed and locate ...
The aircraft involved was a Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft with RNoAF serial 5630. It was the last of four such planes acquired by the Norwegian military between 2008 and 2010 and was named Siv .