The Ohio Air National Guard’s 179th Airlift Wing did not receive its eighth and final C-130H on Aug. 4, as stated in Tuesday’s Daily Report. The unit’s announcement that eight C-130Hs “filled out the fleet again” at Mansfield ANGB, Ohio, referred to the fact that seven of the eight aircraft were recently repainted with the unit’s distinctive tail flash, unit spokesman TSgt. Joseph Harwood told Air Force Magazine. He also clarified that the announcement that the unit’s C-130s are now “mission capable” does not constitute an initial operational capability, which is instead expected sometime next spring. We have corrected the original entry.
U.S. Northern Command and multiple research organizations just wrapped up a joint, three-year experiment to test new radar technology that could enable the Northern Warning System to detect incoming threats at longer ranges across Alaska and northern Canada.