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Staff Sgt. Ross Steffenauer installs a propeller during an engine change here. Airmen and aircraft here at Manas AB, Kyrgyz Republic, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, are returning home this week. Dyess C-130s have been deployed nonstop since September 2001. [U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mike Fields]
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Senior Airman Tim Roberts steadies a C-130 Hercules engine as it is being hoisted off the aircraft for a routine inspection. The airman is from the Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom from a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. [U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins]
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[U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins]
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Propulsion shop airmen guide the propeller assembly onto a mounted wheel base for inspection during routine maintenance on a C-130 Hercules. The airmen are from the Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom from a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. [U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt Terry L. Blevins]
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Staff Sgt. Brett Trammell [U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins]
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An Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow lands at Lungi, Sierra Leone with supplies and people headed for the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia on July 28. The aircraft is assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The 398th Air Expeditionary Group is here to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the humanitarian assistance survey team and the fleet antiterrorism security team in Liberia. [U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle]
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Staff Sgt. Edmund Morgan adjusts the rigging on the No. 2 engine of a C-130E Hercules June 7, 2007 at Ramstein AB, Germany. The 47-year-old plane will soon represent the 86th AW in the 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo competition at McChord AFB, Washington. [USAF photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers]
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Although hard to find or see even with the engine compartment panels removed, the KC-130 engines are protected from the dangers of overheating and fires with early warning detection and fire suppression systems. [USMC photo by Cpl. Paul Leicht]
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A Marine with VMGRT-352 and a civilian contractor work to repair a KC-130 in a hangar at MCAS Miramar on February 24, 2005. [USMC photo by Cpl. Paul Leicht]
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Senior Airman Anthony Martin inspects a C-130 Hercules radar gyro system to ensure it is working properly. The Airman, with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here, is deployed from Little Rock AFB, Arkansas to help maintains aircraft conducting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Campbell]
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Tech. Sgt. Mike Brumer (Left), a Senior Munitions Inspector with Nashvilles 118th Fight Wing, operates a crane during an engine change on a C-130 at Bagram AB during a recent deployment to Afghanistan. He is Aerospace Testing Alliances Hazardous Material Operations Manager for the Arnold Engineering Development Center in middle Tennessee. [USAF photo]
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Although hard to find or see even with the engine compartment panels removed, the KC-130 engines are protected from the dangers of overheating and fires with early warning detection and fire suppression systems. [DoD Photo by Cpl. Paul Leicht]
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The flare and chaff dispensers, located on each side of the C-130 Hercules, offer some protection against surface to air threats. This C-130, belonging to the 61st AS from Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. Photo taken on March 22, 1997. [DoD phtoo by SSGT. David W. Richards]
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Airmen work on the engines of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota AB, Japan, to Kwang Ju AB for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers. [USAF photo]
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Ground crewmen in protective clothing refuel a C-130 Hercules during a chemical warfare training exercise. [USAF photo]
