Six C-130Hs from the Delaware Air National Guard’s 166th Airlift Wing conducted a mass-formation training sortie from Newcastle ANG Base, the unit’s largest group flight since 2003, reported WMDT News on Monday. More than 40 aircrew executed a cargo airdrop over Pennsylvania during the April 12 mission, before flying on to New Jersey for low-level navigation training. “It’s not a very common occurrence that one of our [air]planes isn’t dispersed somewhere,” said 166th AW Commander Col. Mike Feeley. “We’ve been to Africa for the Ebola outbreak, we’ve been to South America for natural disasters, we’ve been pretty much all over the world,” he added. The wing’s C-130s conducted a joint tornado response exercise the previous day, receiving simulated victims from Army National Guard UH-60 helicopters for onward evacuation, according to a unit release.
KC-135 Crashes In Iraq While Supporting Iran Ops
March 12, 2026
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker supporting Operation Epic Fury against Iran crashed during a refueling incident involving two aircraft over Iraq March 12, U.S. Central Command announced. The aircraft were not shot down, CENTCOM added.