Air Mobility Command declares initial operational capability for the C-130J.The Maryland Air National Guard’s 135th Airlift Group deployed the first two J-model Hercules to Southwest Asia in December 2004.
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
