Monday, April 15, 2013
Aircraft number 5719 is the ninth of 15 HC-130Js to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin since initial contract award in 2008 and the seventh HC-130J to be stationed at Davis-Monthan.
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Monday, April 15
U.S. Air Force crews ferried a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] HC-130J Combat King II to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., from Marietta on April 3. Aircraft number 5719 is the ninth of 15 HC-130Js to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin since initial contract award in 2008 and the seventh HC-130J to be stationed at Davis-Monthan. The HC-130J Combat King II, along with the HC-130 legacy fleet, is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform. HC-130Js are currently be flown by Air Combat Command and Air Education and Training Command.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
An HC-130J Combat King II took off for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. from the Lockheed Martin facilities in Marietta on Dec. 5.
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
An HC-130J Combat King II took off for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. from the Lockheed Martin facilities in Marietta on Dec. 5. Aircraft number 5709 is the sixth of 15 HC-130Js to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command. Maj. Gen. Timothy Zadalis, Director of Intelligence, Operations and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, flew the aircraft to Davis-Monthan AFB.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
An HC-130J Combat King II took off for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. from the Lockheed Martin in Marietta on Nov. 29.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
An HC-130J Combat King II took off for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. from the Lockheed Martin in Marietta on Nov. 29. Aircraft number 5708 is the fifth of 15 HC-130Js to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command. The HC-130J replaces the HC-130P/N as the only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to conduct recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions.
Monday, November 19, 2012
The HC-130J replaces the HC-130P/N as the only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
An HC-130J Combat King II took off for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. from Lockheed Martin facilities in Marietta on Nov. 15. Aircraft number 5707 is the third of 15 HC-130Js to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command. The HC-130J replaces the HC-130P/N as the only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to conduct recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions.
Friday, November 2, 2012
The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II and the MC-130J Commando II aircraft have been certified as “Effective, Suitable and Mission Capable” by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center.
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Friday, November 2, 2012
The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II and the MC-130J Commando II aircraft have been certified as “Effective, Suitable and Mission Capable” by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center. The U.S. Air Force is currently recapitalizing the HC, MC and AC-130 gunship fleets with new C‑130J variants. The HC-130J is the personnel recovery/combat search and rescue aircraft for Air Combat Command, and the MC-130J is the Special Operations tanker aircraft for Air Force Special Operations Command. Currently Lockheed Martin is on contract for 27 MC‑130Js and 15 HC-130Js. The certification was received in October. “This further demonstrates the amazing flexibility of the C-130J. We took a KC-130J tanker and, through in-line production …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Lockheed Martin received a $218 million contract for three additional HC-130Js for the U.S. Coast Guard. This will increase the U.S. Coast Guard fleet of HC-130Js from six to nine.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Lockheed Martin received a $218 million contract for three additional HC-130Js for the U.S. Coast Guard. This will increase the U.S. Coast Guard fleet of HC-130Js from six to nine. The contract also includes funding for two mission suites, which are critical in supporting U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue operations. The new aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in early 2015. “The Coast Guard, like many services in the Hercules family, continues to recapitalize with the C‑130J,” said Jack Crisler, Lockheed Martin vice president for Air Mobility. “The C‑130J is without equal in terms of its multi-role, multi-mission flexibility and availability. No aircraft in production—or in development—can match the capabilities of the Super Hercules…
