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    Impact site    On 10 July 2017, a Lockheed KC-130T Hercules aircraft belonging to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) crashed in Leflore County, Mississippi...
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    variant operated by the United States Marine Corps (USMC), with 48 delivered out of 79 ordered. It replaced older KC-130F, KC-130R, and KC-130T variants for...
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  • The United States Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of categorizing career fields. All enlisted and officer Marines are assigned...
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    ICAO: RJOI) is a joint Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces and United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, 1.3 NM (2.4 km;...
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    aircraft). The KC-135 was the United States Air Force (USAF)'s first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratofreighter. The KC-135 was initially...
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    JC-130 Temporary conversion for flight test operations; used to recover drones and spy satellite film capsules. KC-130F/R/T/J United States Marine Corps...
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  • 2,350 Lockheed C-130 Hercules production hulls have been lost, including 70 by the US Air Force and the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam...
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    of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or...
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    The 3rd Marine Division is a division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler in Okinawa, Japan...
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    Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (category United States military helicopters)
    recover aircraft up to its size, which includes all Marine Corps aircraft except for the KC-130. By 2017, the CH-53E reportedly required 40 maintenance hours...
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    C-130 Hercules. Lockheed AC-130 Lockheed DC-130 Lockheed EC-130 Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed Martin KC-130 Lockheed LC-130 Lockheed...
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    Marine Corps Air Station El Toro (ICAO: KNZJ, FAA LID: NZJ) was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located next to the community of El Toro, near...
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    uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as...
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    National Guard), United States Marine Corps (being their fourth variant after KC-130F, KC-130R and KC-130T,[citation needed]) United States Coast Guard, Indian...
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    Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121), also known as the "Green Knights", is a United States Marine Corps aircraft squadron operating the F-35B...
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    Randolph Alles (category United States Marine Corps personnel of the Iraq War)
    Lisbon, Bill (June 27, 2002). "Findings released on KC-130 crash in Pakistan". U.S. Marine Corps. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved...
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    "Project Gunship II", the AC-130 replaced the Douglas AC-47 Spooky, or "Gunship I". The sole operator is the United States Air Force, which uses the AC-130J...
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    On 29 September 2020, a USMC F-35B crashed in Imperial County, California, after colliding with a Marine Corps KC-130 during air-to-air refuelling. The...
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    summarizes notable accidents and incidents such as the 1933 United Airlines Chesterton Crash due to a bombing and a 1964 B-52 test that landed after the...
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    syntax]Marine Corps News", October 19, 2005. URL accessed December 30, 2005. "Marine Corps Facts — KC-130 Hercules". United States Marine Corps. 5 December...
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    operated by the United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy (USN), United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Army, United States Space Force...
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    Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey (category 1980s United States military transport aircraft)
    tiltrotor for military service led to many years of development. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) began crew training for the MV-22B Osprey in 2000 and fielded...
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    Da Nang Air Base (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Marine Corps)
    (1959–1975), it was a major base with United States Army, United States Air Force (USAF), and United States Marine Corps (USMC) units stationed there. Air...
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    On 12 May 2015, a US Marine Corps Bell UH-1Y Venom of Camp Pendleton-based HMLA-469 squadron crashed in the Charikot region of Nepal during Operation...
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    MacDill Air Force Base (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government)
    MacDill AFB: Commander, United States Marine Corps Forces Central Command, commanded by a three-star general, and United States Special Operations Command...
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  • and leave without detection. 12 January A United States Marine Corps McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while attempting...
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    Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (category Installations of the United States Air National Guard)
    Reserve Command, C-130 Hercules airlift aircraft of the Texas Air National Guard, Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters and KC-130 Hercules aerial refueling...
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    Operation Inherent Resolve (category Military operations of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) involving the United States)
    2018). "Here Are The First Photographs Of U.S. Air Force C-17 and Marine Corps KC-130J Operating From New U.S. Airfield in Northern Syria". The Aviationist...
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    both of which were 40 years old. Based on the KC-130J tanker operated by the United States Marine Corps, the new MC-130J has added features for both combat...
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    Blue Angels (category Aircraft squadrons of the United States Navy)
    Angels is to showcase the pride and professionalism of the United States Navy and Marine Corps by inspiring a culture of excellence and service to the country...
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