Lockheed Martin delivered another C-130J Super Hercules transport to Little Rock AFB, Ark., from its production facility in Marietta, Ga., announced, the company. This airplane, serial number 5748, is the sixth of nine new-build C-130Js scheduled to join Little Rock’s 61st Airlift Squadron, base spokeswoman 1st Lt. Mallory Thornton told Air Force Magazine on Tuesday. The aircraft touched down at Little Rock on June 5, piloted by Col. William Otter, vice commander of the squadron’s parent 19th Airlift Wing. With the transition to the C-130J, the 19th AW has “between 40 and 50” legacy C-130Hs now on the flight line as its fleet is gradually reshuffled, said Thornton. The squadron received its previous C-130J just last month.
A legislative standoff has led to a lapse in a $4.26 billion small business innovation contracting program widely used by the Air Force and could spell the end of it entirely, industry sources warned Air & Space Forces Magazine.
