Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1974 tata tonu te whakakore i te kaupapa Combat Talon i te mea e whai ana te Air Force ki te huri i tana arotahi ki Vietnam ki nga mahi motuhake. I whakaingoatia te 1st Special Operations Wing hei 834th Tactical Composite Wing, a, ko ona Combat Talons o te 8th SOS i noho hei taonga TAC. Heoi, ko te whakamahinga o te 1st SOS "Yank" Talons i roto i te mahi tirotiro moana mai i Korea ki te Raki i te tau 1975 i whakaara ake i te hiahia ki te Combat Talon, pera ano me te whakaoranga whakaraerae a Iharaira i Entebbe Airport. I taua tau ano, i tohaina he Combat Talon o te 1st Special Operations Wing hei tautoko i nga ope US Marines i te moutere o Koh Tang i te wa o te
Te aitua o Mayaguez, ka hinga i te BLU-82 kotahi 6,800 kg (15,000 pauna) te poma kia taea ai te tangohanga. Heoi, tae noa ki te tau 1978-1979, kaore ano kia whakaarohia e te Air Force Special Operations Forces e te maha o nga kaihoahoa kaimahi, i kite i a ia hei whakapau i nga rauemi, ehara i te kaiwhakawhiwhi kaha, me te hiahia kia whakawhitihia te mana Talon katoa ki te Air National Guard. I te tīmatanga o te 1977, ka whakaingoatia te Combat Talon hei "MC-130E" e te Tumuaki o te Air Force mo nga momo rererangi e toru o te rererangi.