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The MC-130H was replaced by the MC-130J Commando II. Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, a former commander of the 15th SOS and MC-130H pilot, was on board the aircraft to help deliver it to its final destination and made it a priority to take part in the final flight.
MC-130J Commando II: Inactivated in 2014 524th Special Operations Squadron: Cannon AFB "Hounds" 6 October 2009 550th Special Operations Squadron: Kirtland AFB "Wolfpack" HC-130 King Bird, MC-130H Combat Talon II, MC-130P Combat Shadow [16] Inactive 551st Special Operations Squadron: Cannon AFB: AC-130H, MC-130W: 15 Jun 2021 602d Special ...
As an integral part of the 353rd Special Operations Group, the 1st Special Operations Squadron operated the MC-130H Combat Talon II until 2020. They currently operate the MC-130J Commando II aircraft in support of joint and allied special operations forces. This aircraft is capable of delivering troops and equipment into denied areas at night ...
The 67th Special Operation Squadron (67th SOS), nicknamed the Night Owls, is an active United States Air Force unit operating the Lockheed MC-130J Commando II and Fairchild Dornier C-146A Wolfhound. It is based at RAF Mildenhall , Suffolk , in the United Kingdom and assigned to the 752d Special Operations Group .
It operates Lockheed MC-130J Commando II aircraft in support of special operations. The squadron was first activated in 1942 as the 520th Bombardment Squadron. It engaged in antisubmarine warfare operations as the 15th Antisubmarine Squadron off the Atlantic coast of the United States until 1943 when the Navy assumed responsibility for the ...
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.
Thanks to the help of the crews of a C-146A Wolfhound and an MC-130J Commando II from the 492nd Special Operations Wing, the AC-130J crew was able to refuel directly from the MC-130J, rearm as if ...
193d Special Operations Squadron flies the Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II, a multirole aircraft. [9] The squadron previously flew the EC-130J Commando Solo, a specially-modified four-engine Hercules transport. The 193d Special Operations Squadron conducted information operations, psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts.