First Flight
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The commander of the 314th Airlift Wing
says he is pleased with his first experience flying a new C-130-J
cargo plane.
Brigadier General David Scott landed a C-130-J at Little Rock
Air Force Base today. The plane is on loan from a unit based in
Mississippi.
Scott is the first member of his unit to fly the newest, most
powerful version of the cargo plane that`s the backbone of the
unit`s complement of aircraft.
The Little Rock base is the primary training facility for the
C-130 in the Air Force, and Scott says he expects that eventually
as many as 16 C-130-J`s to be stationed at the base.
Scott says there are two differences in the new aircraft that
stood out for him -- its power, and the updated avionics displays --
with the power being most impressive.
