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.
The U.S. military is sending more fighter jets to the Middle East to step up its war with Iran, adding to what is already the largest buildup of airpower in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. For now, the operation shows little sign of coming to a quick…