The Marine Corps KC-130 refueling plane that crashed Monday killing 16 service members in Mississippi is part of a long-flying cargo aircraft-type that has shown high reliability since the 1950s ...

A Marine Corps F-35 fighter jet crashed in Imperial County, California, after clipping the wing of a Marine KC-130 refueling tanker during a mid-air refueling, according to a Marine Corps statement.

Lt. Col. Andrew Myers, commander of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 153, speaks during the squadron’s activation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (Wyatt ...

Marine Corps F-35 and C-130 Collide During Refueling Exercise, All Personnel Found Safe. ... A similar Marine refueling exercise involving a KC-130J and F/A-18D Hornet left six dead in 2018.

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A Marine F-18 & a C-130 crashed during aerial refueling off Iwakuni, Japan. Both aircraft went into the water. There were five on the C-130 & two on the F-18, condition unknown.

The Marine Corps is a “tight-knit community,” MGySgt Escalante said. Located in New York, VMGR-452 at any given time is home to 6 to 14 C-130s are on deck, MGySgt Escalante said.

On Wednesday, after the crewmaster of the KC-130 died in the Mississippi crash, a marine sergeant guarded the home where Baldassare grew up in suburban Colts Neck, New Jersey.

On the other hand, the Hawk mission may reduce KC-130 availability for the aerial refueling missions, which has already suffered due to the grounding of the majority of the Marine’s older KC ...

Marines carry the newly unfurled colors of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 153 during a ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes) ...

A Marine Corps KC-130J refueling aircraft and an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter collided during an air-to-air refueling mission in California, causing the stealth jet to crash, officials said Tuesday ...