‘Scarface’ receives first Vipers
Marine light attack helicopter squadron HMLA-367 ‘Scarface’ welcomed the arrival of its initial group of three AH-1Z attack helicopters on December 15. The Vipers arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, aboard an Air Force Reserve Command C-5M. The aircraft are the first of 15 that will replace the squadron’s current fleet of AH-1Ws. ‘Scarface’ relocated from Camp Pendleton, California, to MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, in 2016. The Vipers were flown from Hickam AFB to Kaneohe Bay on December 19.
Last Hercules departs Charlotte
The last C-130H assigned to the North Carolina National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing departed from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, on December 18. The wing’s 156th Airlift Squadron had flown the Hercules since receiving its first C-130B in 1971. Serial 93-1561 was the first of eight new C-130H2s delivered to the unit and it was transferred to the Georgia Air National Guard’s 165th Airlift Wing in Savannah. The unit is undergoing transition to fly the larger C-17A airlifter, and delivery of the first Globemaster III to the Charlotte base is expected in April.
Guard Apache plans
The US Army has confirmed that the Army National Guard (ARNG) will…
