Rock Steady

Posted 29 October 2013

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Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen

The latest C-130J Super Hercules airlifter for the 48th Airlift Squadron, the C-130J training unit at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, was ferried from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia, on 29 October 2013. US Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael A. Keltz, director of Intelligence, Operations and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, flew the aircraft (Air Force serial number 11-5732) to Little Rock. Keltz is a command pilot with more than 4,000 flight hours, including more than 300 combat and contingency sorties in AC-130, C-130E, and MC-130 aircraft.

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