Alaska Air Guardsmen bid farewell to last C-130 Hercules aircraft
![C-130 Hercules from the 144th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, flies away from Denali, the highest point in North America, March 4, 2017.U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton/released Alaska Air Guardsmen bid farewell to last C-130 Hercules aircraft](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/c130denali.jpg)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — On the bright, chilly morning of March 5, a small crowd of onlookers and well-wishers listened to the sound of the Alaska Air National Guard’s C-130H Hercules turboprops recede into the distance for the last time. The wing’s divestiture of the last of the 144th Airlift Squadron’s C-130s marks a sea […]