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Double Delivery: Two C-130J Super Hercules Delivered to U.S. Air Force

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Tatjana Obrazcova
Country: United States Aircraft: Airplanes

Lockheed Martin delivered two new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the U.S. Air Force last week, the company announced Wednesday.

Airmen from Moody Air Force Base visited Lockheed's Marietta, Ga., facility on June 9 to ferry a new HC-130J Combat King II, the company said in a statement.

The HC-130J is the service's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the U.S. Air Combat Command.

Another Air Force crew arrived on June 10 to ferry a MC-130J Commando II, a multi-mission combat transport/special operations tanker, Lockheed said.

That aircraft is assigned to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command out of Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

The C-130J has more than 1.2 million hours of flying combat, special operations, humanitarian, aerial refueling, firefighting and search and rescue missions under its belt, Lockheed said.

The airlifter can perform a variety of missions in austere environments.

An Air Force crew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, visited Lockheed Martin’s site here to an HC-130J Combat King II, on June 9. The HC-130J is the Air Force’s only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by Air Combat Command ferry (ACC).

An Air Force crew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, visited Lockheed Martin’s site here to ferry an HC-130J Combat King II, on June 9. The HC-130J is the Air Force’s only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by Air Combat Command ferry (ACC). Photo by Mandie Mills.





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