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(•) – The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Hercules The Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). This C-130J variation specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection and recovery operations in austere environments. 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.
Features
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI).
The HC-130J can fly in the day; however, crews normally fly night at low to medium altitude levels in contested or sensitive environments, both over land or overwater. Crews use NVGs for tactical flight profiles to avoid detection to accomplish covert infiltration/exfiltration and transload operations. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection.
Drop zone objectives are done via personnel drops and equipment drops. Rescue bundles include illumination flares, marker smokes and rescue kits. Helicopter air-to-air refueling can be conducted at night, with blacked out communication with up to two simultaneous helicopters. Additionally, forward area refueling point operations can be executed to support a variety of joint and coalition partners.
Background
The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations Squadron in Air Education and Training Command, the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard will operate the aircraft.
First flight was 29 July 2010, and the aircraft will serve the many roles and missions of the HC-130P/Ns. It is a modified KC-130J aircraft designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight-refuel helicopters and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling.
In April 2006, the personnel recovery mission was transferred back to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va. From 2003 to 2006, the mission was under the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Previously, HC-130s were assigned to ACC from 1992 to 2003. They were first assigned to the Air Rescue Service as part of Military Airlift Command.
General Characteristics
Primary function: Fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform
Contractor: Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant: Four Rolls Royce AE2100D3 turboprop engines
Thrust: 4,591 Propeller Shaft Horsepower, each engine
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.57 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 9 inches (11.58 meters)
Operating Weight: 89,000 pounds (40,369 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 61,360 pounds (9,024 gallons)
Payload: 35,000 pounds (15,875 kilograms)
Speed: 316 knots indicated air speed at sea level
Range: beyond 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Armament: countermeasures/flares, chaff
Basic Crew: Three officers (pilot, co-pilot, combat system officer) and two enlisted loadmasters
Unit Cost: $66 million (fiscal 2010 replacement cost)
Initial operating capability: 2013.
The 787th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion promoted Andrena Brown to the rank of Sgt. 1st Class during a ceremony at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 1, 2019. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Ryan Ramsammy)
Combat Casualty Care Course C4, Chile, 13-20 Jul 2012. Organizado por la Armada de Chile, Centro de Entrenamiento de Sanidad.
A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 66th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fires an M249 light machine gun to provide suppressive fire as apart of a Live Fire Exercise during Decisive Action Rotation 18-10 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 12, 2018. Decisive Action Rotations at the NTC ensure Army Brigade Combat Teams remain versatile, responsive, and consistently available for current and future contingencies. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lisa A. Orender, Operations Group, National Training Center)
Spc. Jessica Zullig, a print journalist with 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, is currently serving a tour at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cassandra Monroe)
Comissão de Segurança Pública (CSP) realiza reunião.
1ª Parte: Reunião com 3 itens. Na pauta o PL 2.891/2020, que amplia ação de policiais na internet para combate à pedofilia.
2ª Parte: Apreciação de plano de trabalho de avaliação de polÃtica pública.
Bancada:
senador Styvenson Valentim (Podemos-RN);
senador Sergio Moro (União-PR);
senador Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS);
senador Rogério Carvalho (PT-SE).
Foto: Edilson Rodrigues/Agência Senado
Title: Combat Cutie
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Date Issued: 2011-08-17
Date Created: 1969
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COMBAT OUTPOST MIZAN, Afghanistan -- Soldiers assigned to 3rd Platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, provide overwatch for their team during a dismounted patrol near Combat Outpost Mizan, Mizan District, Zabul Province, Aug. 16, 2010. The patrol focused on speaking with the local population to assess their needs and surveying the security of the area.
Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Combat Challenge 17
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Virginia National Guard Soldiers provide support to a Vietnam Veterans Commemoration hosted by Congressman Bob Goodlatte Aug. 31, 2017, in Lexington, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Lapthe Flora, Virginia National Guard Assistant Adjutant General for Army Strategic Initiatives, provided remarks along with Goodlatte, Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat team provided a color guard and other support, and the Troutville-based 29th Division Band played ceremonial music. The event honored the men and women who served during the Vietnam era, and cadets from the Virginia Military Institute presented veterans with a pin in recognition of their service. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)