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The newest addition to the US Air Force cargo fleet proved another capability in June during the first-ever USAF C-130J combat airdrop. The C-130J crew dropped a total of twelve bundles of civic aid and supplies weighing 16,000 pounds during two airdrops near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A Rhode Island Air National Guard crew from the 143rd Air Wing, Quonset-Holland ANG Base, deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, flew the mission. The deployment of the C-130J into Southwest Asia is the second time the new model has served in the US Central Command theater of operations.
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