Marines' new KC-130J begins VX-1 op eval

Marines' new KC-130J begins VX-1 op eval

(EXCERPT) by Bill Swanson SENIOR WRITER

Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 and its guest contingent of nearly
three dozen Marines from MCAS Cherry Point, N.C., have begun the
three-month-long operational test evaluation of the Marines' new
KC-130J Hercules tanker and medium-sized transport aircraft.

According to VX-1's Marine Maj. Rick Uribe, the KC-130J operational
test director, the two brand new KC-130Js currently assigned to VX-1
will undergo some 270 flight hours in a three-phase program that will
operationally test the aircraft's basic and air refueling capabilities
under the full range of missions and capabilities assigned to the
KC-130J. These are divided in...

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