May 29 (UPI) -- Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., received its first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker plane, manufacturer Lockheed Martin said Friday.
The plane was ferried from its Marietta, Ga., manufacturing facility and delivered to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 in Newburgh, N.Y., on Thursday. The squadron has operated "KC-130s in support of Operations Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom" for over 30 years, its Facebook message said Thursday, but the arrival on Thursday is its first KC-130J.