The Air Force’s final MC-130H Combat Talon II made its last flight April 2, Air Force Special Operations Command announced. The last of the aircraft, Tail Number 89-0280, took off from Hurlburt Field, Fla., crewed by members of the 15th Special Operations Squadron and AFSOC ...
Air Force Special Operations Command’s fleet of MC-130H Combat Talon IIs, used for infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply of special operations forces, has been grounded due to the same cracked propeller parts that led Air Mobility Command to keep its C-130H fleet from flying. AFSOC confirmed ...
Air Mobility Command has grounded its C-130Hs with older propeller systems after discovering cracked parts. All told, up to 116 C-130Hs could be affected as AMC waits for field-level inspections of the aircraft to assess the scope of the problem, spokesperson Maj. Beau Downey told ...
Just five U.S. aircraft remain to be certified with the KC-46 tanker for operational missions designated by U.S. Transportation Command, Air Mobility Command said. The new tanker is certified for some 97 percent of mission taskings now, but it's unclear when the next capability release ...
The Air Force is asking to retire 201 airplanes and buy 91 new ones in its fiscal 2022 budget request, representing a net decrease of 110 airplanes. The fighter fleet would drop by 77 aircraft, and the RQ-4 Global Hawk fleet would be cut by ...
An Air Force special tactics combat controller died when his improperly packed reserve parachute inadvertently deployed into the wind stream outside an MC-130H before a training jump, pulling him from the aircraft, according to an Air Force investigation. Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, 29, a special ...