HC-130J USCGLockheed HC 130J Hercules airplane model. The Coast Guard HC 130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft provides heavy air transport and long range maritime patrol capability. Each aircraft is capable of serving as an on scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects and share that information with operational forces. The Coast Guard is acquiring a fleet of 22 new,

Of all the aircraft fielded by the Tucson Air Branch of US Customs and Border Patrol

and made a 2 hour 4-minute maiden flight there on September 26th

The P-38M saw operational service in the Pacific in the last few days of the war

The first F-106A flew on Dec

and extensive use of heat-resistant honeycomb sandwich skin panels in the wings and fuselage

Produced at the Nanchang Aircraft Factory from 1954 through 1958

length 13 1/4 inches

popularly known as the "Peashooter

For 13 years (1940 through 1952)

with a cumbersome system to cut cables of dam balls

and was certificated in 1983

with its exquisite craftsmanship and beautiful design