The 28th and final factory-fresh Lockheed Martin C-130J transport destined for beddown with the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess AFB, Tex., touched down at the Texas base on Thursday, announced the company. Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command chief, flew the aircraft to Dyess from the company’s production facility in Marietta, Ga., states Lockheed Martin’s July 25 release. With the arrival of aircraft number 5726, the 317th AG is now the largest C-130J operator in the world, states the release. (See also Abilene Reporter-News report and One Shy of a Full House.)
Air Force Conducts Test Launch of Minuteman III ICBM
May 21, 2025
The Air Force tested an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif,. at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time May. 21. The successful test saw the missile equipped with a single reentry vehicle travel more than 4,200 miles to strike a test site near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall…