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First E-130J TACAMO Airframe in Production

The first C-130J-30 Hercules earmarked for conversion into an E-130J TACAMO aircraft for the U.S. Navy is in production. Fresh on the heels of the announcement that the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury ...
The Aviationist

First C-130 Airframe Set to Be Converted Into E-130J Phoenix II Emerges

The first C-130J earmarked for conversion into the new E-130J Phoenix II has rolled out of the factory, as shown in an image released by NAVAIR. Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, released the ...
The Vindicator

YARS to welcome its first C-130J aircraft on Tuesday

Submitted photo / David L. Key A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft takes off for its maiden flight Feb. 26 from the runway adjacent to Lockheed Martin’s C-130J production plant in Marietta, Georgia. The ...
Flying

Georgia ANG Takes Delivery of First C-130J-30 Super Hercules

The Georgia Air National Guard's 165th Airlift Wing received its first C-130J-30 Super Hercules, marking the debut of this aircraft fleet in the state and the first of eight ordered. This stretch ...