and Control Center (ABCCC) mission
in September 2002 and the WC-130H
‘Hurricane Hunters’ were then being
replaced by new production WC-130Js.
The project included as many as 43
structural and systems modi cations,
depending on the con guration of the
speci c aircraft. Although Lockheed
Martin’s Greenville, South Carolina, facility
was awarded a $100-million contract,
EC-130E serial 62-1863 Iron Horse was the
only aircraft to undergo the conversion
before the program was canceled. Boeing
had previously modi ed WC-130H
serials 65-0964 and 65-0976 to HC-130P
con guration at its facility in Shreveport,
Louisiana.
Since entering service, the HC-130 family
has received numerous modi cations,
which include night vision goggle-Air Force Reserve Command HC-130P
serial 65-0970 of Patrick’s 920th RQW
touches down at NAS Key West, Florida.
USAF/SSgt Leslie KraushaarHC-130H serial 88-2101 of the 106th RQW
lands at Gabreski Airport on March 23,- Tom Kaminski
The 211th RQS, Alaska ANG’s last HC-130N
(serial 93-2106) is prepared to depart to
Patrick in January 2017.
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