ATLANTA, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed
Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today the global community of C-130J
Super Hercules operators recently surpassed 2 million flight hours.
These hours were logged beginning with the C-130J's first flight on
April 5, 1996, through the end of
July 2019.
Twenty-two operators from 18 nations contributed to this
achievement, adding hours through multiple missions including
combat, transport, aerial refueling, special operations, medevac,
humanitarian relief, search and rescue, weather reconnaissance,
firefighting and commercial freight delivery.
Rod McLean, vice president and
general manager of the Air Mobility & Maritime Missions line of
business at Lockheed Martin, announced the milestone at the
Hercules Operators Conference, the annual C-130 operator-industry
event held in Atlanta.
"The C-130J has earned a reputation as the world's workhorse and
this most recent achievement is a powerful reminder of the Super
Hercules' unmatched global reach," McLean said. "Crews continue to
exemplify the C-130J's proven capability and versatility with every
mission they fly. The Lockheed Martin team is proud of the work of
the Super Herc crews who rely on the C-130J to support vital
missions, both home and abroad."
Countries with military variant C-130Js contributing to these
flight hours include (in order of delivery) the United Kingdom, United States (the U.S. Air Force, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard), Australia,
Italy, Denmark, Norway, Canada, India, Qatar,
Iraq, Oman, Tunisia, Israel, Kuwait, South
Korea, Saudi Arabia,
France, and Bahrain. Also contributing is Lockheed Martin
Flight Operations, whose crews are the first to fly every C-130J
produced.
The U.S. Air Force maintains the largest C-130J fleet, with
Super Hercs flown by Air Mobility Command, Air Combat Command, Air
Education and Training Command, Special Operations Command, and Air
National Guard and Air Force Reserve units. In addition, Defence
Contract Management Agency crews support C-130J test flights at
Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics site in Marietta, Georgia, home of C-130
production.
The C-130J Super Hercules is the current production model of the
legendary C-130 Hercules aircraft. For more information on the
C-130J Super Hercules, visit www.lockheedmartin.com/c130.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a
global security and aerospace company that employs approximately
105,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services.
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