Air Force Reserve Command’s 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss., has received the second new longer-fuselaged C-130J Hercules delivered to the Air Force so far in 2006. (It also took delivery of the first J for 2006, last month.) Maj. Gen. Martin Mazick, who is soon to be commander of AFRC’s 22nd Air Force, flew the aircraft from the Lockheed Martin facility at Marietta, Ga. This new J will go to the 403rd Wing’s 815th Airlift Squadron.
AFSOC Grounds CV-22 Osprey Fleet Over Safety Issue
Aug. 17, 2022
Air Force Special Operations Command grounded its CV-22 Osprey fleet Aug. 16 as part of a safety stand down, with no timeline set for the aircraft to begin flying again, the command confirmed to Air Force Magazine. The stand down, ordered by AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife,…