314th AW trains Air Force’s first Block 8.1 students
19th Airlift Wing
Video by Senior Airman Jayden Ford
Aug. 19, 2021 | 1:40
The C-130J Super Hercules community achieved another milestone toward its fleet-wide transition to the Block 8.1 upgrade, as two students from the 314th Airlift Wing’s C-130 formal training unit recently became the first to pilot a Block 8.1 aircraft within the training pipeline.

These pilots will be the first from the student pipeline to reach their initial duty station fully qualified to operate any C-130J that has undergone the 8.1 upgrade.
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