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418th FLTS outfits Antarctic-bound C-130 with 8 blades

Capt. Grant Mizell, 418th Flight Test Squadron lead project test pilot, checks the C-130H Hercules' controls in hangar 1600 here March 5. The 418th FLTS replaced the four-bladed propellers with the new eight-bladed NP-2000 propellers in support of the New York Air National Guard’s Operation Deep Freeze mission in Antarctica. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)

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418th FLTS outfits Antarctic-bound C-130 with 8 blades

Selwyn Herrera, an electromechanical technician, installs wires through the C-130H Hercules' electromagnetic rack here March 5. The 418th Flight Test Squadron replaced the four-bladed propellers with the new eight-bladed NP-2000 propellers in support of the New York Air National Guard’s Operation Deep Freeze mission in Antarctica. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)

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418th FLTS outfits Antarctic-bound C-130 with 8 blades

A Wyoming Air National Guard C-130H Hercules sits in hangar 1600 after the 418th Flight Test Squadron replaced the four-bladed propellers with the new eight-bladed NP-2000 propellers. This is in support of the New York Air National Guard’s Operation Deep Freeze mission in Antarctica. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julius Delos Reyes)

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Hercules muscles into BAF

A C-130J Hercules is positioned in the chamber of the Benefield Anechoic Facility here Nov. 8. The facility will be used throughout November for testing of a new radar warning receiver installed in the aircraft. The radar warning receiver detects radio frequency energy from various sources such as enemy surface-to-air missile radars and allows aircrews time to react to a threat. (Photo by Jet Fabara)

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C-130J Operational testers propel 'Herc' through Phase 2

A C-130J as seen through night-vision goggles during Phase 2 testing. (Courtesy photo)

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C-130J Operational testers propel 'Herc' through Phase 2

A C-130J is de-iced at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during Phase 2 Operational Test and Evaluation flight test studies. The deployment of the C-130J to Eielson was designed to test the aircraft and its avionics' ability to continue its mission through extreme weather conditions. (Photo by 1st Lt. Thomas Harner)

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AMP-modified C-130 performs first flight

The first C-130 Avionics Modernization Program aircraft lifts off the runway at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on its maiden flight Sept. 19, 2006. (Photo by Rich Rau)

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Boeing, 418th FLTS C-130 avionics mod program underway

MC-130Es, like the one pictured above, are participating in an Avionics Modernization Program here and are scheduled for their first flight in August 2006. Test teams from the 418th Flight Test Squadron are currently attending aircrew qualification training on the AMP. (Courtesy photo)

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