The correct number of C-130Js that the 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock AFB, Ark., is slated to receive is 14, said Capt. Ashley Walker, spokeswoman for the 19th Airlift Wing, the squadron’s parent organization. The squadron’s ninth C-130J arrived at Little Rock in mid-October. Walker said the 10th C-130J is scheduled to arrive in Fiscal 2015, and then the remaining four will come to Little Rock in Fiscal 2016. The squadron will retire one of its remaining legacy C-130H1 airplanes in Fiscal 2015 and then the rest in Fiscal 2016, she said.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.