WEBVTT 00:13.280 --> 00:17.380 I'm Lieutenant General Donna Shipton, Commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. 00:18.150 --> 00:21.940 I wish I could be there with you in person today to celebrate delivery of 00:21.940 --> 00:28.150 the final MC-130J and the completion of the HC/MC-130J factory line at large. 00:30.350 --> 00:34.870 It takes special aircraft to execute these extremely sensitive missions. 00:35.970 --> 00:40.489 And the 130Js, from the first delivery in 2011 to Cannon Air Force 00:40.490 --> 00:46.185 Base, to its final delivery, 13 years later, delivers on that need. 00:46.605 --> 00:53.835 As you all well know, the MC-130J flies in support of our special warfare and SOF missions, anytime, day or night, 00:54.375 --> 00:59.534 in clandestine or low visibility, for infil, exfil, and resupply, as well 00:59.534 --> 01:03.840 as aerial refueling, in politically sensitive or hostile territories. 01:04.250 --> 01:04.780 Welcome to Wright-Patt. 01:05.120 --> 01:05.870 How was the flight? 01:06.100 --> 01:06.600 It was good. 01:06.600 --> 01:08.430 It was a super easy flight. 01:09.249 --> 01:11.410 Beautiful aircraft and super clean. 01:11.710 --> 01:14.340 We talked about what call sign we were going to use. 01:14.340 --> 01:16.080 We looked at a lot of legacy call signs. 01:16.340 --> 01:22.770 We decided to go with "Commando", "Commando 64", it's the 64th MC-130J to roll off the line. 01:22.950 --> 01:23.740 Yep, appreciate that. 01:24.100 --> 01:30.320 So we decided to honor the legacy in the sense that we had a crew that was a mixed crew. 01:30.760 --> 01:33.710 Uh, but we decided to go with the Commando call sign because we got 01:33.710 --> 01:37.110 the new, uh, community as a whole that we want to go forward with. 01:37.750 --> 01:45.910 The HC and MC-130Js have repeatedly made an impact on our national security, but it is also the quintessential Air 01:45.910 --> 01:53.700 Force acquisition program, in terms of developing, fielding, and sustaining an enduring warfighter capability. 02:01.100 --> 02:04.749 Your efforts and those of our Rapid Development Integration Facility Team, the 02:04.749 --> 02:10.235 RDIF, provide engineering, capabilities, and data support to 28 coalition partners. 02:11.345 --> 02:15.324 You devise innovative solutions to complex problems and keep our aircraft 02:15.355 --> 02:19.765 in the sky in support of AFSOC, ACC, Guard, and Reserve missions. 02:20.355 --> 02:22.864 You're an instrumental part of their success. 02:27.014 --> 02:30.435 My name is Alan Brookshire and I'm the Technical Director here at the RDIF. 02:32.345 --> 02:34.945 Well, what we have here is an MC-130J. 02:35.475 --> 02:39.725 And when they're produced down at Marietta, Georgia, they're shipped off to AFSOC. 02:40.204 --> 02:43.794 And typically, they don't have enough warfighting capabilities on them. 02:43.815 --> 02:47.925 They have the air refueling, they have the capability of doing that type of work. 02:48.464 --> 02:53.054 But in their particular mission, we add three distinct modifications. 02:53.054 --> 02:55.004 But on this one, we're doing a fourth mod. 02:55.724 --> 03:00.045 We add the SAMS-ESA light interface panel, which allows them to put a 03:00.045 --> 03:04.244 specialized communication gear on board and run mission profiles. 03:04.875 --> 03:09.735 Then we also put on Cottonmouth, which is an AFSOC version of the Blue Force Tracker. 03:10.334 --> 03:16.574 And then we do buffer boards on the ramp, so when they're running their special missions, where they may have to unload, 03:16.584 --> 03:24.295 offload people, uh, equipment, it kind of manages the airflow, takes it from turbulent to more of a laminar flow. 03:24.845 --> 03:31.735 And then the fourth mod, we only did it on four of the aircraft, is the VHF antenna relocation, which they're doing right now. 03:32.204 --> 03:39.165 So those are the four, I think, It kind of puts teeth on the airplane, so when it comes from Marietta to here, we perform the 03:39.165 --> 03:43.655 mods, send it to its home station, and it can actually run a mission the next day. 03:50.935 --> 03:54.674 Today we gather here to celebrate a momentous milestone in the United States 03:54.674 --> 04:01.615 Air Force history, as 134 aircraft have been delivered for the A/H/MC-130J fleet. 04:01.855 --> 04:08.825 This day is the culmination to all of the late nights, early mornings, PowerPoint presentations labeled 04:08.834 --> 04:15.125 "final, version three", time away from families, "spirited" discussions with 04:15.125 --> 04:19.445 Lockheed, and just general no kidding hard work from each and every one of you. 04:19.584 --> 04:25.304 I hope you realize your importance at this moment in history, and are able to look back in pride at what we've accomplished. 04:25.905 --> 04:31.365 Almost 10,000 contractor teammates down in Marietta touching that production line, which is pretty amazing. 04:31.415 --> 04:37.345 A lot of people have had significant impacts here, and the impact that these aircraft have, these three platforms 04:37.345 --> 04:41.295 have, on, you know, the warfighter, you know, cannot be overstated. 04:41.634 --> 04:48.935 Everybody that had a hand in this process, I want to thank you for your leadership, your teamwork, and your bulldog-like tenacity 04:48.935 --> 04:55.044 to get from 2005 to today, to this aircraft going through the last modifying line. 04:55.379 --> 04:58.450 We are truly delivering capability that our warfighters need. 05:04.460 --> 05:09.849 There is no two ways about it, that if you look at history, and you look at some of the best airplanes in the world, 05:10.079 --> 05:16.729 the DC-3 comes to mind, which was the C-47, which delivered much of the cargo and requirements during World War II. 05:17.239 --> 05:19.039 And it still flies today. 05:19.040 --> 05:25.609 But to tell you, in the jet age, that's the airplane that will take its place in history. 05:25.900 --> 05:32.360 And I'm blessed to be here today with you guys who have flown it, who sustain it, who maintain it, and who have engineered it. 05:32.600 --> 05:38.050 Regardless of whether you are on the frontline flying those wonderful aircraft, or you're miles away ensuring they are 05:38.050 --> 05:42.439 sustained and acquired, what you do is critical to the mission's success, so 05:42.439 --> 05:46.460 that our brothers and sisters in arms can always come home to their loved ones. 05:51.850 --> 05:59.640 As experts in acquisition, the men and women of the HC/MC-130J Program Office and the ISR-SOF directorate have 05:59.640 --> 06:03.549 created a long history of excellence and commitment to national security. 06:03.950 --> 06:05.260 Thank you for all that you do. 06:05.460 --> 06:11.169 Well done team HC/MC-130J and congratulations on a successful final delivery.