One If On Land, Two If By The Sea

Posted 17 August 2015

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Photo by Todd R. McQueen

US Air Force and US Coast Guard aircrews recently ferried two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia. The Air Force crew ferried a C-130J-30 to Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, on 8 July 2015. The aircraft (Air Force serial number 10-5771) will be flown by 61st Airlift Squadron crews. The Coast Guard crew ferried an HC-130J on 14 August to a civilian contractor in New Mexico where it will be painted. This aircraft (Coast Guard serial number 2009) will then be flown to CGAS Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

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