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The Minnesota Air National Guard showed off upgrades to its fleet of C-130H aircraft on Wednesday.

The Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing has flown C-130 transport planes for 50 years, but the Air Force is considering changing the mission to cyber warfare

Minnesota National Guard Celebrates 50 Years Flying the C-130 Get our free mobile app St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Minnesota National Guard is marking the 50 years flying the famed C-130 aircraft to fulfill the 133rd Airlift Wings transport mission. The Air National Guard unit based in St. Paul began flying missions using C-130 Hercules transport planes on February 21, 1971. According to a news release about the Golden Jubilee celebration, the 133rd Airlift Wing has racked up over 213,700...

5 SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Sunday marks the 50-year anniversary of the C-130A Hercules flying mission at the Minnesota National Guard’s 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul, Minn. The Wing’s first mission flight was “wheels up” on Feb. 21, 1971. Over the last 50 years, the Wing has received three updated models of the aircraft. One of the original C- 130A models is still on display at the Minnesota Air National Guard Museum, co-located at the 133rd. The current model, the C-130H3...

400 Minnesota National Guard troops return from inauguration deployment Minnesota National Guard troops return to a snowy Minnesota after their short-notice deployment to the Presidential Inauguration. (FOX 9) - Four hundred Minnesota National Guard troops started returning home Saturday after serving out a nearly week-long inauguration mission in Washington, D.C. This year’s ceremony had a different feel to it with an intense security presence following the deadly Capitol riots earlier this...

Minnesota’s Air National Guard: A century in the sky A 1,600-mile journey not only set a course for military aviation in Minnesota but also for the United States. 3:23 pm, Jan. 17, 2021 × Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Greg A. Haase, left, former commander of the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 133 Airlift Wing, and Lt. Col. Dana Novinskie, commander of the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Squadron, with a C-130 Hercules transport plane at the Wing’s home at Minneap...