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Lockheed Martin® C-130J 40th Airlift Squadron Screaming Eagles 3171, 21″ Mahogany Scale Model

$319.00

Fly in the 40th Airlift Squadron Screaming Eagles C-130J Hercules again with this beautiful model.

  • Length – 16 inches
  • Wingspan – 21 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin

1 in stock (can be backordered)

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40th Airlift Squadron Screaming Eagles 3171 C-130J Model

Fly in the 40th Airlift Squadron Screaming Eagles C-130J Hercules again with this beautiful model. Each model is carefully carved from wood and handpainted to provide a piece you’ll love.

  • Length – 16 inches
  • Wingspan – 21 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger

LOCKHEED MARTIN®, C-130 Hercules®, associated emblems and logos, and body designs of vehicles are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Lockheed Martin Corporation in the USA and/or other jurisdictions, used under license by Squadron Nostalgia LLC

The 40th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force unit based at Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas. The unit currently flies the new Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. Nicknamed the Screaming Eagles, it is one of the most decorated airlift units in the U.S. Air Force.

On 18 February 1942, the squadron was activated as the 40th Transport Squadron at Duncan Field, San Antonio, Texas under the control of the 317th Troop Carrier Group. Beginning with only a second lieutenant squadron commander and eight enlisted men, the squadron slowly took shape, and in about four months was full-sized. At this time it transferred to Bowman Field, Kentucky where it began flying the Douglas C-47 Skytrain. The pace of developments in World War II drove a rapid training and deployment schedule, and on 6 December 1942, the 40th moved to Laurinburg-Maxton Army Airfield, North Carolina to begin staging for its move to the Pacific. A few days later, the Squadron left North Carolina for the Mobile Air Depot, Alabama where it received thirteen new C-47s. After they checked out the airplanes, the squadron flew to California.

On 5 January 1943, the Squadron left California for the Southwest Pacific Theater of operations. Two days later it landed at Brisbane, Australia where it came under the command of the Fifth Air Force. After a short time in Brisbane, the Squadron moved to Barbutt Field, Townsville, Australia, the Squadron’s first permanent oversees home.

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