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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.
The 129th Rescue Wing (129 RQW) is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Moffett Federal Airfield in Sunnyvale, California.The wing is equipped with the HC-130J Combat King II and the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter.
The Blue Angels, formally named the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. [1] Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, following the Patrouille de France which formed in 1931.
A Cal Fire employee works on the interior of a 1984 C-130H air tanker on Thursday. The aircraft is being retrofitted to hold a 4,000-gallon tank for flame retardant.
The C-130 landed safely. 5 April A U.S. Navy Grumman A-6 Intruder , based at NAS Alameda , crashes into the San Francisco Bay , California at 1200 hrs., close to the mid-span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge , killing two crew, the Coast Guard said.
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A MAFFS II-equipped C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing drops water over the Hayman Fire burn scar during training in May 2021.. The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Embraer C-390 Millennium, which then allows the aircraft to be used as an ...
1998 Active Located at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey and provides aircrews and aircraft to the Washington, D.C. area as part of Operation Noble Eagle, a Department of Defense mission to protect the air space around the nation's capital. [6] [7] CGAS Elizabeth City: Elizabeth City, North Carolina: 1940 Active