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Lockheed Martin delivered 2,500th C-130 Hercules airplane

Marietta, Usa - The aircraft are operated from 68 nations and the global fleet has collectively logged more than 22 million flight hours

Lockheed Martin delivered the 2,500th C-130 from its production line. This landmark Hercules is an HC-130J Combat King II personnel recovery aircraft assigned to the US Air Force’s 71st Rescue Squadron, which is part of the 347th Rescue Group. A US Air Force crew ferried the HC-130J to its new home at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia. The USAF has the distinction of accepting the first d...

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Rome, Italy, 12/15/2015 15:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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