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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.

Marine KC-130Js May Lose Their Missile-Firing Harvest Hawk Kits

By Joseph Trevithick
May 1 7:50 PM EDT
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.

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Apr 25 9:36 PM EDT
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.

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Apr 5 2:44 PM EDT
Behold The Naked Warplanes Of Tinker Air Force Base

Behold The Naked Warplanes Of Tinker Air Force Base

By Tyler Rogoway
Dec 30 4:10 PM EST
Here’s Who’s Bought Those Retired Singapore Air Force KC-135R Tankers

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Oct 12 8:43 AM EDT
Listen To Intense Air Traffic Control Audio Of KC-130J’s Collision With An F-35B

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Sep 30 9:21 PM EDT
Video Emerges Of Marine F-35B Crashing In A Ball Of Fire After Colliding With A KC-130J

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Sep 30 2:02 PM EDT
Marine F-35B And KC-130J Collide And Crash In Southern California (Updated)

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Sep 30 3:47 AM EDT
This Video Of F/A-18s Refueling From A KC-130 Near A Lightning Storm Is Sinister As Hell

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Sep 6 5:55 AM EDT
USMC KC-130 Hercules Crashes and Burns in Mississippi Killing 16 (Updated)

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

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Jun 29 7:03 PM EDT
Marines To Finally Add 30mm Cannon To Bolt-On “Harvest Hawk” Armament Kits For KC-130Js

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Mar 21 10:05 AM EDT
Marine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Dec 6 12:17 PM EST
Blue Angels Getting C-130J From Royal Air Force To Replace KC-130T Fat Albert Transport

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Mar 23 2:36 PM EDT
Marines To Turn Super Hercules, Osprey Fleets Into Missile Slinging Electronic Warfare Platforms

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

By Tyler Rogoway
May 12 9:10 PM EDT