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914th Airlift Wing to swap C-130s for KC-135s

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The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 914th Airlift Wing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will replace its 12 aging C-130s for eight KC-135 aerial refueling tankers this fall.

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 107th Airlift Wing is loaded with 30,000 bottles of water at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y. 121102-F-ZP861-886
By SMSgt Raymond Lloyd [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The news was released by Sen. Charles E. Schumer and other local lawmakers.

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