View allAll Photos Tagged replace
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
www.esaet.com/item/1815/refurbished-toner-to-replace-dell....
Save money with the Remanufactured Alternative Cartridge to replace OEM Dell High Yield Magenta Laser Toner Cartridge compatible with your Dell 3110cn & 3115cn Laser Printer. Replaces the following part numbers RF013, XG723, 3108096, 3108399.
i failed to get pix of the old ugly passive solar collector tumor on the side of the house. i think i have somewhere and will add later. these nice fellas are replacing the missing siding and putting up with me. i also forgot pix of the hole the guys are having to work over. which is still not filled. also there's a hole in the basement window which is also still not fixed.
ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2024. ROME - the Jubilee Year 2025 & Mayor Roberto Gualtieri - 'Trevi Fountain' is replaced with a small bathtub! - Romans advise via Social Media: "Don't visit Rome! All the landmarks & the Vatican are inaccessible!" Source: Amazing Walking Tours / YouTube (02/11/2024) [19:56]. wp.me/pbMWvy-52L
ROMA - Anno del Giubileo 2025 e Sindaco Roberto Gualtieri - La 'Fontana di Trevi' è sostituita da una piccola vasca da bagno! - I romani consigliano tramite i social media: "Non visitate Roma! Tutti i monumenti e il Vaticano sono inaccessibili!" Fonte: Amazing Walking Tours / YouTube (02/11/2024) [19:56].
ROME - Early morning walk in the historic center of Rome - Nearly all the major landmarks in Rome are inaccessible for viewing, covered in scaffolding and surrounded by billboards due to restoration work. Today, the area of the Trevi fountain is closed off to the public; yet the Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri - emplaced a small size bath tub in front of the fountain so tourists drop their coins!
Today, the Romans in general are advising their fellow Italians and foreign tourists (Via social media resources) not to visit Rome. Especially for the Americans and Canadians - why spend $2000 USD & fly for 12 hours or more to Rome, just to drop a $.25 US Quarter in a small bathtub….!!!!
Fonte / source:
— Amazing Walking Tours / YouTube (02/11/2024) [19:56].
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0rkvHUZS1I
Copies of the 'Roma' section in the La Repubblica Newspaper, cited from:
— Francis Serpico @franser_real - Xor Twitter (02/11/2024).
After evil bunny rabbits killed off an arbor vitae shrub with over 20 years of spreading roots in the house landscaping, it took a lot of effort with hand tools to remove it, and replace it with a new lilac bush. I've missed having any lilacs on the property the past few years, so hope this new one holds out a while.
THIS UNDER BODY HAS AN EXTRA CENTRAL PANEL OF CLOTH STIFFENING BOTH FRONT AND BACK ...THIS IS TO ALLOW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PROPS TO BE GIVEN A FIRM FIXING PLACE ...THIS IS GOING TO BE A ONE MAN BAND VERSION OF JOEY
Lausanne started as a Celtic settlement that was replaced by a Roman military camp and named Lousanna. The city centre was relocated to a hilly, more defensible position after the fall of Rome and the city came under the control of the Dukes of Savoy. From 1536 to 1798, it was under the control of Bern. In 1803, it became the capital of a newly formed canton and would become a member of the Swiss Federation.
Today, the city is a centre of international sport. The International Olympic Committee is based there as well as the Court of Arbitration for Sport and more than fifty other sport associations. It is home to a large cathedral, a university and a school for hotel administration.
Heading south from Ganta, the second of our two vehicles (I was in the first minibus) hit a cow that jumped into the road in the moment after we had passed. The cow was unfortunately killed and the minibus seriously damaged, a window spraying glass shards onto two of the passengers (who had fortunately been facing the other way). Motorists stopped and expressed opinions. Lengthy negotiations followed at the local police station in Gbarnga, replacing our original plan, of a hike to a waterfall. We paid for the cow but, not hugely keen to strap it to the roof of our minibus and not coincidentally carrying barbecue equipment, we donated it to the police. Bon appetit.