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 ...

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 ...

An MC-130J Commando II sits on the flightline June 24 at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The MC-130J is replacing older variants in the special operations fleet like the MC-130H. The Air Force edited ...

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 ...

Concept for a C-130 floatplane. U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is developing removable floats for its MC-130J Commando II transports. Bolt on the floats, and the normally land-based MC-130 ...

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.