The happy new operators of a brand new HC-130J, picking up their ride from the Lockheed Martin facility in Greenville, South Carolina, 01JUN2017. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Edward Eagerton.
On 03JUN2017, Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, got its first HC-130J. It was such a big deal that it looks like all the base personnel turned out to witness the arrival of Super Hercules:
The HC-130J Combat King-2 arrives on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 03JUN2017. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Nancy Goldberger.
The HC-130J, aka Combat King-2, is designed as a long range Search & Rescue (SaR) aircraft, specializing in rescues during combat, as well as being a long range surveillance aircraft.
U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J in Waco, Texas, awaiting electronics upgrades, 11MAY2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
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