The Air Force has begun retiring the -E, -H, and -P versions of the MC-130 fleet and plans to completely replace them with the MC-130J by 2025. The "Combat Talon" designation, active since 1977 ...

The MC-130E Combat Talon first flew in 1966 and saw extensive service in Southeast Asia, including the attempted rescue of Americans held at the Son Tay prisoner-of-war camp in 1970.

First Ever Operational Use of the GBU-43B MOAB Suggests Target Was of Strategic Value. A U.S. Air Force Special Operations MC-130 Combat Talon II has dropped the first operational GBU-43B MOAB ...

The 353rd SOG at Kadena operates six MC-130J Commando IIs and four MC-130H Combat Talon IIs. Both are multirole versions of the C-130 Hercules outfitted with gear that enables special operators to ...

They are the 4th Special Operations Squadron, who fly the AC-130U Spook gunship variant of the C-130; The 15th Special Operations Squadron who fly the MC-130H Combat Talon II; and the 73rd Special ...

This is a Lockheed “MC-130H Talon II of the 15th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., fly a training mission over San Diego, Calif., Nov. 5, 2014.” SPLOID is delicious brain candy.

The war is winding down here, and no one is happier than the old guys of the MC-130 Combat Talon squadron from Duke Field. They are called the grandpas, the dinosaurs, the walker brigade by the ...

The U.S. Air Force’s special operations tanker, the MC-130H Combat Talon II, took off for the last time from Hurlburt Field, Florida, over the weekend. Its destination: retirement.

The C-130 depicted is USMC KC-130T 162786 from VMGR-234, rather than a USAF MC-130 Combat Talon II. Further, the MC-130H Combat Talon II does not have wing-mounted refueling pods; this is a ...