The 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock AFB, Ark., received the last of its 14 C-130Js on June 20. Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Carlton Everhart ferried the aircraft from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga., according to a Lockheed release. The base, which is also home to the 41st Airlift Squadron, has 28 total C-130Js, one of the service’s largest fleets of Super Hercs.
U.S. Air Force F-35s and F-22s regularly deploy deep into the Pacific region from Alaska, Utah, and Hawaii. In the future, though, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command would like to see the Air Force permanently station fifth-generation aircraft west of the international date line—closer to China.