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January 01, 2023

USAF Looks Toward a Bountiful 2023

Aim High

While the December 2022 rollout of its B-21 Raider stealth bomber has commanded the lion’s share of interest in and controversy over the United States Air Force’s latest aircraft acquisitions, the service—by dint of the $858-billion Congress has allocated for military spending in fiscal 2023—is making ready to take on a veritable cornucopia of new and formidable sky-going machines.

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Established in 1945 with a pair of PBY-5 Catalinas and one Grumman G-21 Goose, Hawaii’s U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point conducts search and rescue, maritime domain awareness and surveillance, law enforcement, and cargo and transportation operations throughout Oceania. Today, the Barbers Point aircraft fleet comprises four MH-65 Dolphin helicopters and four Lockheed HC-130 Hercules transport/cargo aircraft. The latter were recently upgraded from the “H” model to the faster, heavier-lifting, longer-legged, altogether more modern and capable HC-130J Super Hercules.