One of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Lockheed CC-130Js sits in the predawn light at Fort Worth Alliance Airport this past October. Canada got the first of seventeen CC-130Js (Canadian designation of the C-130J-30 Hercules) on 4 June 2010 and all are based with the 8 Wing at CFB Trenton, Ontario. The deliveries were completed in April 2012 and were part of an order that included C$1.4 billion in Canadian industrial offsets. Lockheed has about 900 employees in Canada, mostly devoted to the support of the CC-130J. 436 Squadron “Tusker” operates the CC-130J under the aegis of 8 Wing, replacing older C-130E aircraft. 436 Squadron was originally established in 1944 in Gujrat, India, to support RAF operations in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater with Douglas C-47 Dakotas. The squadron’s badge reflects its origins in India. In the CBI, 436 Squadron was part of the Combat Cargo Task Force, operating with both RAF and USAAF transport units in an inter-Allied cooperative effort that would later shape inter-Allied cooperation in NATO during the early days of the Cold War. I believe 436 Squadron was the last Canadian squadron to come home at the end of the Second World War. #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #AllianceAirport #FWAAS2017 #AllianceAirShow2017 #airport #planespotting #Lockheed #C130 #CC130J #SuperHercules #Hercules #RCAF #CanadianForces #8Wing #instagramaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #Avgeekery #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport)
