The largest C-130J Super Hercules formation flight in history was carried out on 2 July 2012 as sixteen crews from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess AFB, Texas, took part in a mass airdrop training exercise. The simulated mission was an airdrop above two different drop zones. The first drop reinforced ground troops and the second placed heavy equipment on a drop zone to setup a headquarters area. The two C-130J flying units at Dyess, the 39th and 40th Airlift Squadrons, now operate twenty-one Super Hercules aircraft with another seven aircraft scheduled to be delivered. When deliveries are completed by mid 2013, Dyess will have the largest C-130J fleet in the world.
