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On 10 July 2017, a Lockheed KC-130T Hercules aircraft belonging to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) crashed in Leflore County, Mississippi, killing all 16 people on board. [1] [2] [3] The aircraft had the call sign "Yanky 72" and was from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452) based at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New ...
English: Members from the 26th Special Tactics Squadron leap from an MC-130J Commando II during a Military Free Fall jump Feb. 28, 2014 at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M. . Two members of the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, joined by two other special tactics members, conducted the first Military Free Fall jump in conjunction with one of the many aerial assets maintained at Can
The 32 people (19 women and children and 13 crew) on board were killed in the crash. March 13, 1997 : Unidentified C-130 of the IRIAF, crashed near Mashad , killing 86. February 2, 2000 : An unidentified C-130 of the IRIAF collided with an Airbus A300 on take-off for training flight from Tehran – Mehrabad Airport (THR) – lost control and ...
Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a ...
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.
Aircraft that can operate on land and sea create "even more complex dilemmas" for rivals, a US Air Force Special Operations Command official said.
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 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is an American 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 C-130J is the newest version of the C-130 Hercules, and the only model currently in production.