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‘They’ll never be forgotten now’: Marine C-130 fallen get new memorial

Since 1965, eight C-130s and 43 C-130 Marine aircrew members have been lost.

By Hope Hodge Seck

4 months ago

Air Force grounds most C-130Hs due to cracked propeller barrels

It's uncertain how long it will take Air Mobility Command to replace all the defective propeller assemblies that have grounded most C-130H planes.

By Stephen Losey

8 months ago

Air Force tanker fleet cut on the table in proposed authorization bill

The section of the proposed NDAA that will be marked up Wednesday would also allow the Air Force to retire older C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.

By Stephen Losey

12 months ago

Congress passes budget with defense boost, $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid

Senate lawmakers finalized a $1.5 trillion spending bill late Thursday that provides $13.6 billion in new aid for Ukraine and gives funding stability for the Defense Department for the rest of the fiscal year.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

15 months ago

DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair. Can it grab four in a half-hour?

The Gremlins program needs to show it can recover four drones back to back to prove it can be operationally relevant.

By Stephen Losey

19 months ago

The Air Force evacuated 124,000 people from Afghanistan, but its work still isn’t done

The U.S. Air Force is pivoting from orchestrating the massive exodus of over 124,000 Afghans and Americans from a country once again under Taliban rule, to a quieter role helping even more people leave on commercial and privately organized flights.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago