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C-130’s First Flight 70th Anniversary

| Staff Reporters
Members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s C-130 Program Office gathered for a group photo with an AC-130A Spectre Gunship on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on the 70th anniversary date of the C-130’s first flight, which occurred on August 23, 1954.
The C-130 is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The C-130 Hercules has a range of 2500 miles, has a max speed of 380 MPH and can transport up to 92 troops or 42,000 pounds of cargo.

 

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