Air National Guard performs flyover, cargo drops at Scout Jamboree
Photo Courtesy/West Virginia Air National Guard Day Two of Sentry Storm, an annual training exercise that takes place every two years, featured a multi-ship formation of West Virginia and Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 J-30s drop training bundles over Camp Branch in Logan County.
Photo by Steven Allen Adams A C-130 J-30 Super Hercules, leading a formation of six aircraft, descends from 14,000 feet to 2,000 feet for a flyover of the 2026 National Scout Jamboree, coming in over the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayette County.
Photo by Steven Allen Adams Loadmasters prepare a test cargo for a later drop from a West Virginia Air National Guard C-130 J-30 Super Hercules cargo aircraft Thursday morning.
Photo Courtesy/West Virginia Air National Guard A West Virginia Air National Guard C-130 J-30 Super Hercules assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing performs a flyover during the opening ceremony of Scouting America's National Jamboree at Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean, W.Va. The flyover highlighted the Guard's continued support of the national event and its commitment to serving communities at home and abroad.
Photo by Steven Allen Adams A flight crew on board a C-130 J-30 cargo aircraft prepares for six-plane formation flyover over the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in Fayette County Thursday afternoon for the 2026 National Scout Jamboree. Four planes were from the West Virginia Air National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing based in Charleston, and two planes were from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing.
Photo by Steven Allen Adams A loadmaster on board a West Virginia National Guard's C-130 J-30 aircraft, assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston, watches as a test cargo load parachutes to Camp Branch in Logan County Thursday afternoon.
Photo Courtesy/West Virginia Air National Guard Day Two of Sentry Storm, an annual training exercise that takes place every two years, featured a multi-ship formation of West Virginia and Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 J-30s drop training bundles over Camp Branch in Logan County.
Photo by Steven Allen Adams A C-130 J-30 Super Hercules, leading a formation of six aircraft, descends from 14,000 feet to 2,000 feet for a flyover of the 2026 National Scout Jamboree, coming in over the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayette County.
Photo by Steven Allen Adams Loadmasters prepare a test cargo for a later drop from a West Virginia Air National Guard C-130 J-30 Super Hercules cargo aircraft Thursday morning.
Photo Courtesy/West Virginia Air National Guard A West Virginia Air National Guard C-130 J-30 Super Hercules assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing performs a flyover during the opening ceremony of Scouting America's National Jamboree at Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean, W.Va. The flyover highlighted the Guard's continued support of the national event and its commitment to serving communities at home and abroad.
Photo by Steven Allen Adams A flight crew on board a C-130 J-30 cargo aircraft prepares for six-plane formation flyover over the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in Fayette County Thursday afternoon for the 2026 National Scout Jamboree. Four planes were from the West Virginia Air National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing based in Charleston, and two planes were from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing.
Photo by Steven Allen Adams A loadmaster on board a West Virginia National Guard's C-130 J-30 aircraft, assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston, watches as a test cargo load parachutes to Camp Branch in Logan County Thursday afternoon.
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CHARLESTON – Four C-130 J-30 Super Hercules military transport aircraft, part of the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 130th Airlift Wing, took part in a joint exercise Thursday afternoon with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing for a flyover of the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in Fayette County for the 2026 National Scout Jamboree, followed by a practice cargo drop at Camp Branch in Logan County.
Headquartered at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston, the 130th Airlift Wing is equipped with eight C-130 J-30 Super Hercules cargo aircraft.
The C-130 J-30 is manufactured by Lockheed Martin and is an expanded version of the traditional C-130 Hercules.