29 Jan 2023, 01:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 1st Special Operations Squadron deployed all seven MC-130J Commando IIs it operates at the same time during January exercise in Japan MC-130J ...

MC-130J Commando II Crews Honored for Historic Aerial Refueling Mission During Contingency Operation. Two MC-130J Commando II crews from the 9th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, ...

Throughout the Global War on Terror, the MC-130J Commando II saw an abundance of operational action in the Middle East and Africa. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) recently ...

The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is developing an amphibious modification kit (MAC) for its MC-130J Commando II aircraft, enabling water landings and takeoffs. Wave testing of the MAC ...

We love flying boats around here, and we've showcased a fair amount of them here before. Be it civilian private puddle jumpers like the Republic Seabee, a huge Forrest fire killer in the Martin JRM ...

BONO -- "This is what old people do on the weekends," Christine Henderson joked as she aimed her camcorder at the MC-130J Commando II plane that had just landed on Highway 63 in Bono at 6 a.m. on ...

Since the mid-1960s, the Air Force has used the MC-130 to support special-operations missions all over the world. The Air Force is now rolling out the MC-130J model, and it will remain important as ...

TAMPA, Fla. — More options and less strain on humans are key to modernizing fixed-wing systems for U.S. Special Operations Command, according to the program executive officer in charge of the effort.