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The future of the Harvest Hawk armament kits for Marine Corps KC-130J tanker/transport aircraft are increasingly uncertain as focus shifts to planning for future high-end conflicts.
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Marine KC-130Js May Lose Their Missile-Firing Harvest Hawk Kits

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 1, 2024

A US Marine Corps CH-53K recently carried the stripped-down hulk of an F-35C fighter from one base to another and refueled in mid-air along the way.
Air

Check Out This Marine CH-53K Carrying An F-35C While Refueling From A KC-130T

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 26, 2024

The first of 22 former Swiss F-5E/F Tiger II jets is now in the United States for the final phase of its conversion into an aggressor for the Navy and Marine Corps.
Air

Marine KC-130 Delivers First Of New Batch Of Ex-Swiss F-5s Destined To Be Aggressors

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 5, 2024

Behold The Naked Warplanes Of Tinker Air Force Base
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Behold The Naked Warplanes Of Tinker Air Force Base

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 30, 2021

Here’s Who’s Bought Those Retired Singapore Air Force KC-135R Tankers
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Here’s Who’s Bought Those Retired Singapore Air Force KC-135R Tankers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 12, 2020

Listen To Intense Air Traffic Control Audio Of KC-130J’s Collision With An F-35B
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Listen To Intense Air Traffic Control Audio Of KC-130J’s Collision With An F-35B

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 1, 2020

Video Emerges Of Marine F-35B Crashing In A Ball Of Fire After Colliding With A KC-130J
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Video Emerges Of Marine F-35B Crashing In A Ball Of Fire After Colliding With A KC-130J

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 30, 2020

Marine F-35B And KC-130J Collide And Crash In Southern California (Updated)
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Marine F-35B And KC-130J Collide And Crash In Southern California (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 30, 2020

This Video Of F/A-18s Refueling From A KC-130 Near A Lightning Storm Is Sinister As Hell
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This Video Of F/A-18s Refueling From A KC-130 Near A Lightning Storm Is Sinister As Hell

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 6, 2020

USMC KC-130 Hercules Crashes and Burns in Mississippi Killing 16 (Updated)
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USMC KC-130 Hercules Crashes and Burns in Mississippi Killing 16 (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Marines To Finally Add 30mm Cannon To Bolt-On “Harvest Hawk” Armament Kits For KC-130Js
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Marines To Finally Add 30mm Cannon To Bolt-On “Harvest Hawk” Armament Kits For KC-130Js

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 21, 2019

Marine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)
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Marine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 6, 2018

Blue Angels Getting C-130J From Royal Air Force To Replace KC-130T Fat Albert Transport
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Blue Angels Getting C-130J From Royal Air Force To Replace KC-130T Fat Albert Transport

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 23, 2018

Marines To Turn Super Hercules, Osprey Fleets Into Missile Slinging Electronic Warfare Platforms
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Marines To Turn Super Hercules, Osprey Fleets Into Missile Slinging Electronic Warfare Platforms

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 13, 2016