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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- November 11, 2011 - Approximately 40 Airmen assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing prepare for their deployment to Afghanistan. These airmen will support the movement of troops and supplies in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Aircraft and personnel are from the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard located at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, NC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen)
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USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, at sea (Feb. 04, 2014) –– Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) sweep aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) off the deck. AFFF is a mixture of water and highly concentrated detergent used on the flight deck and hangar bay to smother fires. Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting training in preparation for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Matthew Young/Released)
A U.S. Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force watches as he leaves the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in an MH-60S Sea Hawk from the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21. Marines with the MRF practiced aerial sniping from a helicopter to improve their accuracy shooting from the air. The 15th MEU is embarked on the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released)
Images taken in space with the on-board camera showing deployment of the solar arrays and synthetic aperture radar antennas. Credit: ESA
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- The first wave of airmen from the 201st RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, depart the installation for deployment to support ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia in the early morning hours, March 15, 2014. The 201st RED HORSE is a highly mobile civil engineering response force and those deploying will be on a mission to construct and maintain infrastructure that support coalition operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with deployed service members across Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2018. Dunford, along with USO entertainers, visited service members who are away from home during the holidays at Bagram Air Field, Kandahar Air Field, and Forward Operating Base Dahlke. This year’s entertainers include actors Milo Ventimiglia, Wilmer Valderrama, DJ J Dayz, Fittest Man on Earth Matt Fraser, 3-time Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White, Country Music Singer Kellie Pickler, and comedian Jessiemae Peluso. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 17, 2017) Airman John Washburn, a native of Byroncenter, Mich., works on a steam catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is currently underway conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Nimitz Carrier Strike in preparation for an upcoming deployment. COMPTUEX tests a carrier strike group's mission-readiness and ability to perform as an integrated unit through simulated real-world scenarios. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communicaiton Specialist Seaman Ian Kinkead/Released)
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- The first wave of airmen from the 201st RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, depart the installation for deployment to support ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia in the early morning hours, March 15, 2014. The 201st RED HORSE is a highly mobile civil engineering response force and those deploying will be on a mission to construct and maintain infrastructure that support coalition operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
(•) – 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 Sikorsky MH-60G/HH-60G Pave Hawk is a twin turboshaft engine helicopter in service with the United States Air Force. It is a derivative of the UH-60 Black Hawk and incorporates the US Air Force PAVE electronic systems program. The HH-60/MH-60 is a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family.
The MH-60G Pave Hawk's primary mission is insertion and recovery of special operations personnel, while the HH-60G Pave Hawk's core mission is recovery of personnel under stressful conditions, including search and rescue. Both versions conduct day or night operations into hostile environments. Because of its versatility, the HH-60G may also perform peace-time operations such as civil search and rescue, emergency aeromedical evacuation (MEDEVAC), disaster relief, international aid and counter-drug activities.
DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Marietta, Ga. July 15, 2018 – Command Sgt. Major Shawn Lewis, State Command Sgt. Major for the Georgia Army National Guard shakes hands with Soldiers of the Marietta-Based 201st Regional Support Group as they board an aircraft to begin their deployment cycle to the Central Command Theater of Operations.
Georgia National Guard photo by Capt. Harold Burgess / released
Staff Sgt. Milyka Moses, 55th Aerospace Medical Squadron public health, takes the temperature of Senior Airman Daniel Spurgeon, 97th Intelligence Squadron, during a screening before deployment May 12, 2020, here. Since the stop movement began in March, this is the first large scale deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond)
2000619-N-VP266-1189 BLACK SEA (June 19, 2020) The NMS Regina Maria and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) transit the Black Sea behind the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), June 19, 2020. Oak Hill, is conducting operations in U.S. 6th Fleet in support of regional allies and partners, and U.S national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Griffin Kersting/Released)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 1, 2013) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Israel Rodriguez, from Brownsville, Texas, right, directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Royal Maces" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5's fly-off. George Washington and its embarked air wing, CVW 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo R. Guzman)
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- The first wave of airmen from the 201st RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, depart the installation for deployment to support ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia in the early morning hours, March 15, 2014. The 201st RED HORSE is a highly mobile civil engineering response force and those deploying will be on a mission to construct and maintain infrastructure that support coalition operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- The first wave of airmen from the 201st RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, depart the installation for deployment to support ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia in the early morning hours, March 15, 2014. The 201st RED HORSE is a highly mobile civil engineering response force and those deploying will be on a mission to construct and maintain infrastructure that support coalition operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
Spartan, noun, a warrior born, Shield, verb, to protect, an apt description of both the mission and the members of the North Carolina National Guard's 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment. Friends, family, community leaders and fellow military honor the men and women of the unit as they deploy for Operation Spartan Shield at a ceremony at Northside Baptist Church, in Wilmington, N.C., Oct. 4, 2014. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs/Released)
Soldiers from Alpha Co., 40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion deployed Sept. 25, 2019, in support of operations in the U.S. EUCOM area of responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Tanja Linton)
Newly naturalized U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 642nd Aviation Support Battalion, New York Army National Guard, reaffirm the U.S. Armed Forces Oath of Enlistment in a ceremony 24 March, 2023 at Fort Hood, Texas. The Soldiers reaffirmed their oath after becoming naturalized while training at Fort hood to deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The 642nd is mobilized as part of the 185th AVN BDE, Mississippi Army National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Hamann)
Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan.
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The Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) is deployed to Uruzgan and is focused on conducting population-centric operations, partnered with Afghan forces of the Provincial Response Company (PRC).
PEARL HARBOR (April 2, 2013) The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for an independent deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The ship and its crew will conduct integrated operations in conjunction with allies and partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan/Released)
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- The first wave of airmen from the 201st RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, depart the installation for deployment to support ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia in the early morning hours, March 15, 2014. The 201st RED HORSE is a highly mobile civil engineering response force and those deploying will be on a mission to construct and maintain infrastructure that support coalition operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- The first wave of airmen from the 201st RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, depart the installation for deployment to support ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia in the early morning hours, March 15, 2014. The 201st RED HORSE is a highly mobile civil engineering response force and those deploying will be on a mission to construct and maintain infrastructure that support coalition operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
Maj. Gen. John F. Nichols, The Adjutant General of Texas, left, visits with Capt. Eric Leatherman, company commander, 454th Engineer Co., 111th Engineer Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, during premobilitazation training at Camp Swift, Texas, Jan. 14, 2013. The 454th will be deploying to Afghanistan this year, and is the only route clearance mission team within the Texas National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Malcolm McClendon).
SAN DIEGO (September 17, 2012) Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) man the rails as they depart for deployment. Peleliu is the flagship for the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group scheduled for a Western Pacific deployment with amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dustin Knight)