Pacific Operations Drive Military Seaplane Revival

Steve Trimble January 19, 2022
Lockheed Martin MC-130J
A Lockheed Martin MC-130J will be modified as a floatplane to prove whether the 164,000-lb. airlifter can operate without runways.
Credit: Air Force Special Operations Command
Air Rescue Sqdn. 71 of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at MCAS Iwakuni received a special visitor on Nov. 6: U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Eric Hill, deputy commander of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). Hill had traveled more than 7,300 mi. to Iwakuni from Hurlburt Field, Florida, to...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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