The 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota AB, Japan, is preparing to begin swapping its legacy C-130s for new-build C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, Lockheed Martin representatives announced at ASC?15. Dyess AFB, Texas, and Ramstein AB, Germany, have fully converted to the C-130J under the Air Force’s overall C-130 recapitalization effort. Dyess currently boasts 28 C-130Js, making it the largest Super Hercules operator world-wide, according to the company. The company is also delivering special mission HC/MC-130Js to Moody AFB, Ga., RAF Mildenhall, UK, and Kadena AB, Japan.
In a brief email Nov. 6, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out a new Cyber Force Generation plan, meant to give U.S. Cyber Command more authority over the employment, training, and equipping of U.S. troops preparing for and waging cyber war. Former Air Force officers and national security officials say the…
