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last two C-130H transports assigned to Dyess AFB, Tex., departed the base last week for their new home at Little Rock AFB, Ark., as part of Dyess’ ongoing transition to the C-130J. “It’s a bittersweet day,” remarked Col. Walter Ward, Dyess’ 317th Airlift Group commander, of the airplanes’ departure on Sept. 26, in a base release. “We’re not only saying goodbye to the H models that have had a great history here for 37 years, but we are losing flight engineers and navigators” as well, he added. In March 1975, Dyess received the first C-130H to roll off of Lockheed Martin’s assembly line in Marietta, Ga., according to the release. Capt. Christopher Dorough—son of the pilot who ferried the first C-130H to Dyess—piloted the final C-130H that left the Texas base. Lockheed Martin on Sept. 13 delivered the 23rd of Dyess’ planned 28 C-130Js. (Dyess report by A1C Charles Rivezzo)
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.