When I first set eyes on this photo, released last week by the U.S. Air Force, my mind was immediately flooded by images of planes flying in formation over the vast rain forests of Vietnam during the ...
Throughout the Global War on Terror, the MC-130J Commando II saw an abundance of operational action in the Middle East and Africa. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) recently ...
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Special Operations Command has paused an ambitious program to make its MC-130J transport plane capable of water landings and takeoff. Air Force Special Operations Command first ...
Militaries around the world have a tendency to get very creative when it comes to naming both training and combat missions. The history books are full of them, and so are the headlines of publications ...
US special operators recently practiced landing various military aircraft on Wyoming highways. The event helped train the Air Force to use roads in case runways aren't an option. Participating units ...
CLOVIS, New Mexico (KCBD) - Near the Texas-New Mexico Border is Cannon Air Force Base, home of the 27th Special Operations Wing. Just west of Clovis, it’s dubbed the “mothership” of one of its ...
Air Force defensive cyber teams will now be able to conduct cyber missions aboard MC-130Js in flight. (Capt. Renee Douglas/Air Force) WASHINGTON — A U.S. Air Force mission defense team demonstrated ...
A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II aircraft assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing conducts operations during Exercise Adamant Serpent 26 in Rygge, Norway, Oct. 17, 2025. In support of NATO ...
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MC-130J Hercules that Can Swim

"With echoes of centenary disputes between the West and the East still reverberating across the globe, the legendary Lockheed ...
PALENMBANG, Indonesia — U.S. airlifters from Japan for the first time dropped airborne troops of three armies into drop zones during an exercise this month in Indonesia. Five C-130J Super Hercules and ...
A 49th T&E Sqn B-52 approaches an Omega-operated KDC-10B tanker over the Pacific, March 10. Credit: U.S. Air Force/PACAF A B-52 has been refuelled in mid-air by a commercial tanker for the first time, ...