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AFSOC Turns Rural Highway into Runway for Historic AC-130J Touchdown

Aug. 5, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
The Air Force transformed a public freeway into a runway over the weekend, landing various tanker, cargo, and special operations aircraft on the road, including the service’s first-ever touchdown of an AC-130J Ghostrider on a U.S. roadway.

World: Air National Guard

Aug. 12, 2022
Two Active-duty Squadrons join Guard Wings; Herk Nation adds ANG training unit.

‘Herk Nation’ Adds Air National Guard’s New C-130J Formal Training Unit

June 27, 2022 | By Greg Hadley
As the Air National Guard moves forward with its plans to replace aging C-130Hs with new C-130Js, it has decided where it wants to base its formal training unit for the new aircraft—Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.

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Jan. 25, 2021 | By Air & Space Forces Magazine Staff
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