Lockheed delivers the 2,000th C-130 Hercules in ceremonies at Marietta, Ga. The milestone aircraft, a C-130H, is later delivered to ANG’s 123rd Airlift Wing at Standiford Field, Ky.
The Air Force in October carried out a homeland defense mission, with jets including F-16 Fighting Falcons, in Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands to show a base there could safeguard the northern regions.