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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 ...
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
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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 ...
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 crash scene spanned at least four to six blocks, and authorities were working to assess the damage, including going house to house to inspect the dwellings, Philadelphia managing director Adam ...
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]