Ohio Reserve base tapped as likely new home of C-130J cargo planes

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Ohio Reserve base tapped as likely new home of C-130J cargo planes
By Rachel S. Cohen
 Friday, Dec 23
C-130H Hercules cargo plane in Ohio
A line of C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing taxi to the runway at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Sept. 15. The formation flight was part of the 757th Airlift Squadron's annual TAC week, a condensed week of flight training highlighted by a six-aircraft formation flight. (Eric M. White/Air Force)

Youngstown Air Reserve Station in northeast Ohio is on deck to become the next owner of C-130J Super Hercules cargo planes, the Air Force announced Thursday.

The base is one of four in the running to to host the replacement for the older C-130H Hercules that has been in use since the 1970s. Backup options include Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado; Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia; and Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS, Minnesota.

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