10-5716 HC-130J Combat King II
Photo :Paul Larson 2014
Assigned to the Air Combat Command
79th Rescue Squadron (79 RQS) 23d Wing 563d Rescue
Garrison/HQ Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
79th Rescue Squadron Slogan:
"That Others May Live"
Mission
The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.- U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet
10-5716 HC-130J Combat King II
Photo :Paul Larson 2014
Assigned to the Air Combat Command
79th Rescue Squadron (79 RQS) 23d Wing 563d Rescue
Garrison/HQ Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
79th Rescue Squadron Slogan:
"That Others May Live"
Mission
The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.- U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet