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The first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker to be delivered to an overseas Marine Corps unit was flown to MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, on 4 June. The aircraft is assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Wing 152 (VMGR-152). Nine new aircraft will replace older KC-130F models at Futenma over the next eighteen months, including the first KC-130 purchased by the Marine Corps in 1960. In other C-130J news, the last of eight C-130J transports was delivered to the 143rd Airlift Wing, the Air National Guard unit at Quonset State Airport, Providence, Rhode Island, in mid June. The last of four C-130Js for the Royal Danish Air Force was delivered to 721 Squadron at Aalborg, Denmark, in early July.
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