C-130J

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On its first test flight in 1996, Lockheed-Martin's C-130J lifted off from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta. The plane, built for the Royal Air Force of Great Britain, remained in the air for about two hours.

Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

C-130J

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