Wyoming ANG Gets More Herks

March 7, 2007

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The Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing has received the first of four additional C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft the unit will get under BRAC 2005. The Tribune-Eagle reports that this first one came from Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson AFB, Colo. With its new Herks, the Wyoming unit will have 12 airlifters.

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