Marines Rethink Relevance Of Weaponized KC-130 Fleet

An AGM-114 missile on a KC-130 Harvest Hawk

An AGM-114 is one of the missile options that can be fired by a KC-130 Harvest Hawk. 

Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
A new operational focus has prompted the U.S. Marine Corps to rethink the future relevance of an armed variant of the KC-130 that debuted around the height of counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a decade ago. The U.S. Marine Corps is still funding sustainment of 10 KC-130s...
Steve Trimble

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

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