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Compass Call reshapes OIR battlefield with electronic warfare domination
An EC-130H Compass Call receives maintenance at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on August 30, 2017. Compass Call is an airborne tactical weapon system that uses noise jamming to disrupt enemy command and control communications and deny time-critical adversary coordination essential for enemy force management. [USAF photo by TSgt. Jonathan Hehnly]
Aug 30, 2017 - Often times when we think about how air power is used in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, we think about cargo aircraft delivering critical supplies and personnel to the frontlines or bombs being dropped onto targets. [Read more...]
774th EAS conducts first combat airdrop in two-and-a-half years
The 774th EAS conducted their first combat airdrop in nearly two-and-a-half years, resulting in the successful delivery of 11,000 pounds of equipment to coalition forces. The aircrew from left to right: SrA Tom Saunders, SrA Jacob Snider, Capt. David Ince, and Capt. Jonathan Klenk. [USAF photo by SSgt. Benjamin Gonsier]
Aug 30, 2017 - Months of planning and weeks of preparing culminates to an airdrop lasting a few seconds. While the time and effort that goes into planning a combat airdrop may seem long for something that lasts less than a minute, for the ground troops, the equipment they received will have a lasting impact. [Read more...]
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139 AW deploys additional aircraft in support of Hurricane Harvey relief
USAF C-130 is seen at Rosecrans ANGB, St. Joseph, on August, 29, 2017. The aircrew, part of the 180th AS Missouri ANG, returned from an airlift mission supporting relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey where they transported Airmen from the 123rd STS, Kentucky ANG, to Fort Hood, Texas. [USAF photo by MSgt. Michael Crane]
Aug 29, 2017 - The 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, deployed two C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft August 29 to Biggs Army Airfield, El Paso, Texas, in support of relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey. [Read more...]
Learning Together – Philippine & U.S. Air Forces
A group of aircraft maintenance students from the Philippine Air Force and the USAF work together to remove the turbine from a C-130H Hercules training engine during an aircraft maintenance course on August 23, 2017, at Yokota AB. The course is the first bilateral Philippine U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance class to be taught at Yokota by the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 15. [USAF photo by A1C Donald Hudson]
Aug 25, 2017 - Different uniforms, different languages, it made no difference as members of the Philippine Air Force and U.S. Air Force learned how to tear down and build up a C-130H Hercules engine during a training course conducted by the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 15. [Read more...]
Firefighters strengthen partnership and build camaraderie
Firefighters with the 379th ECES’s Fire and Emergency Services Flight and the Qatar Emiri Air Force Fire Department pose for a group photo after a joint exercise at Al Udeid AB on August 1, 2017. The firefighters responded to a simulated aircraft explosion exercise where they worked together to extinguish the fire and save lives. [USAF photo by TSgt. Amy M. Lovgren]
Aug 25, 2017 - Over the public address system, firefighters with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s Fire and Emergency Services Flight and the Qatar Emiri Air Force Fire Department receive a message to respond to a simulated explosion on, August 1. [Read more...]
US, Romania, join forces for Carpathian Fall 2017
USAF C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th AS flies over Romania during Carpathian Fall 2017 on August 22, 2017. [USAF photo by A1C Joshua Magbanua]
Aug 23, 2017 - Military members from the U.S. and Romania joined forces for a bilateral training exercise in Otopeni, Romania, August 21, 2017. [Read more...]
KC-130J experiences loss of pressurization
USMC KC-130J #167985 from VMGR-352 call sign 'RAIDR 13' seen on approach to Rwy 24 at Shannon IAP on November 2, 2015. [Photo by Trevor Mulkerrins]
Aug 18, 2017 - At approximately 11:20hrs PDT, on August 15, a C-130J from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR- 352) departed Marine Corps Air Station Miramar with 46 passengers and experienced a loss of pressurization at 21,000 feet during a scheduled training mission. [Read more...]
CC-130J delivers IRB commitments for Canada
RCAF CC-130J-30 #130610 seen taxiing off the runaway. Date unknown. [Photo by Robert Kelly]
Aug 16, 2017 - Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the Aircraft Capability - Tactical (ACP-T) Acquisition Industrial Regional Benefits (IRB) commitments valued at $1.4 billion associated with Canada's purchase of 17 CC-130J Super Hercules aircraft in 2007. [Read more...]
MAFFS surge support continues as national preparedness advances to highest level
Smoke and the start of a fire retardant containment line dropped by a MAFFS equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft near California’s South Fork Fire, south of Yosemite National Park are visible from MAFFS 5 on August 14, 2017. Three MAFFS-equipped C-130s and aircrews from the AFRC and ANG are providing support to the U.S. Forest Service fire suppression efforts from Air Tanker Base Fresno, California. [USAF photo by MSgt. Thomas Freeman]
Aug 16, 2017 - Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard continue supporting wildland fire suppression efforts as the National Preparedness level reaches its highest level. [Read more...]
The C-130s of Mobility Guardian
PAF Wing Commander Raja Durraab is one of the C-130 Hercules pilots during Mobility Guardian, Joint Base Lewis-McChord August 11, 2017. [USAF photo by SSgt. Jodi Martinez]
Aug 11, 2017 - The C-130 Hercules aircraft of Mobility Guardian traveled more than 25,000 miles from six different countries across the globe to participate in the two-week exercise here July 31 to August 12, 2017. [Read more...]
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