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29 MC-130J Commando II

            The 522nd Special Operations Squadron (522nd SOS) was the first unit to operate the MC-130J Commando II, and achieved Initial Operational Capability in 2012. The first MC-130J (serial number: 09-6207) undertook its initial test flight on 22 April 2011. The 522nd SOS received its first MC-130J in late September 2011. A total of 37 MC-130J aircraft are programmed to replace all other MC-130 variants by the end of the fiscal year 2017. MC-130Js replaced all Combat Talons at RAF Mildenhall in 2014 and began replacing those at Kadena AFB in 2015. On 26 October 2019, MC-130J Commando II special mission aircraft accompanied Joint Special Operations Command 160th SOAR MH-60 and MH-47s, which carried 1st SFOD-D and 75th Ranger RRC operators, into Idlib province during the Barisha raid.

In this image, an MC-130J (serial number: 14-5793) of the 1st Special Operations Squadron (1st SOS) taxis by a line of McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagles of the 44th Fighter Squadron (44th FS) at Kadena AFB in Okinawa. The 1st SOS was formed in 1939 as a Pursuit and Interceptor squadron before becoming a Liaison Squadron and flew administrative airlift from 1949-1954. In July 1963, the squadron flew combat missions in Douglas B-26 Invaders and North American T-28 Trojans in Southeast Asia, acquiring the MC-130E Combat Talon in December 1972 and being stationed at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa. The 1st SOS moved to Clark Air Base in the Philippines before returning to Kadena in 1992, where it has remained ever since. In 2020, the squadron began receiving its MC-130Js, which replaced the aging MC-130H Combat Talon IIs.

Taken on: January 30, 2025

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