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NASA Our C-130 aircraft took its first-ever flight to Antarctica

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Welcome to Antarctica, GUSTO! 👋

Our C-130 aircraft took its first-ever flight to Antarctica to deliver the galactic observatory last weekend. GUSTO will fly on a zero-pressure balloon from McMurdo Station in December 2023 and will map a portion of the Milky Way galaxy and nearby Large Magellanic Cloud. This flight is just one example of how our C-130 aircraft supports our suborbital missions around the world.

Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/47aHjzH

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023.
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Aircraft Office personnel pose for a group photo after the C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023.
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023.

USAF diverse Combat Offload Methoden

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A C-130J aircrew from the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB (Official Squadron Page) practice a Combat Offload Method C recently at Fort Huachuca. Combat Offload Method C procedures enable a controlled offload of single or multiple pallets with minimal taxiway space and no external equipment or support required. They just slide off the ramp as the aircraft inches forward.

U.S. Airmen with the 61st Airlift Squadron, out of Little Rock Air Force Base, perform a combat offload method C to remove training pallets out of a C-130J Hercules aircraft, while attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 19, 2023. Combat offload method C procedures enable a controlled offload of single or multiple pallets with minimal taxiway space and no external equipment or support required. Since 1983 the training cente
U.S. Airmen with the 61st Airlift Squadron, out of Little Rock Air Force Base, perform a combat offload method C to remove training pallets out of a C-130J Hercules aircraft, while attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 19, 2023. Combat offload method C procedures enable a controlled offload of single or multiple pallets with minimal taxiway space and no external equipment or support required. Since 1983 the training cente
U.S. Airmen with the 61st Airlift Squadron, out of Little Rock Air Force Base, perform a combat offload method C to remove training pallets out of a C-130J Hercules aircraft, while attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 19, 2023. Combat offload method C procedures enable a controlled offload of single or multiple pallets with minimal taxiway space and no external equipment or support required. Since 1983 the training cente

The 2-week Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course isn’t all about flying. During the Arizona portion of the course the aircrews practice combat offload technics. Combat Offload Method B, in particular is conducted when traditional equipment, such as a K-loader, isn’t available to remove cargo from the aircraft. Barrels are placed on the ground to support the cargo as the aircraft slowly pulls forward to release the equipment.

139th Airlift Wing | Missouri National Guard | Air Mobility Command

U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aerial Port Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, conduct a combat offload method B with a C-130J Hercules aircrew assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, who are attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Combat offloads are performed when traditional equipment used to remove cargo from an aircraft, like a K-loader, are not available. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced
U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aerial Port Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, conduct a combat offload method B with a C-130J Hercules aircrew assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, who are attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Combat offloads are performed when traditional equipment used to remove cargo from an aircraft, like a K-loader, are not available. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced
U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aerial Port Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, conduct a combat offload method B with a C-130J Hercules aircrew assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, who are attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Combat offloads are performed when traditional equipment used to remove cargo from an aircraft, like a K-loader, are not available. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced
U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aerial Port Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, conduct a combat offload method B with a C-130J Hercules aircrew assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, who are attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Combat offloads are performed when traditional equipment used to remove cargo from an aircraft, like a K-loader, are not available. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced
U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aerial Port Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, conduct a combat offload method B with a C-130J Hercules aircrew assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, who are attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Combat offloads are performed when traditional equipment used to remove cargo from an aircraft, like a K-loader, are not available. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced
U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aerial Port Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, conduct a combat offload method B with a C-130J Hercules aircrew assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, who are attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Combat offloads are performed when traditional equipment used to remove cargo from an aircraft, like a K-loader, are not available. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced
U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aerial Port Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, conduct a combat offload method B with a C-130J Hercules aircrew assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, who are attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Combat offloads are performed when traditional equipment used to remove cargo from an aircraft, like a K-loader, are not available. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced
U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aerial Port Flight, Missouri Air National Guard, conduct a combat offload method B with a C-130J Hercules aircrew assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, who are attending the Advanced Tactics Airlift Course, at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Combat offloads are performed when traditional equipment used to remove cargo from an aircraft, like a K-loader, are not available. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130H

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✈️🛠️ Air Station Clearwater’s fixed wing aircraft hangar consist of 135 exceptional members, responsible for maintaining four #tacticool HC-130Hs and two shiny C-27Js.

This maintenance includes scheduled/unscheduled maintenance, repairing items that are found durning pre/post-flight inspections and anything required to bring the aircraft back to an operational status for the successful and timely execution of U.S. Coast Guard missions.

BZ Fixed Wing Crew🔥🦾 U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater FACEBOOK

16-9 USAF Ramstein Herculessen C-130 Hercules super J Herdenking Market Garden

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16-9 vlb Eindhoven Herdenking vlucht Market Garden de USAF Ramstein Herculessen C-130 Hercules super J waren maar kort aanwezig maar maakte Zaterdag een hoop goed een foto van een van de twee met bijna zijn neuswiel ook ingeklapt reg 83176 cn 5671 eigen foto! A.Pouw

16-9 vlb Eindhoven Herdenking vlucht Market Garden de USAF Ramstein Herculessen C-130 Hercules super J waren maar kort aanwezig maar maakte Zaterdag een hoop goed nu ook een foto van de andere van de twee met bijna helemaal zijn neuswiel ingeklapt reg 65883 eigen foto!

USAF MC-130J to load AGM-158 JASSMs, as part of Rapid Dragon.

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U.S. service members in the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) demonstrated the capability for the #MC130J to load, unload, forward arm, and arm the aircraft with the (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) AGM-158 JASSMs, as part of Rapid Dragon.

Rapid Dragon is a precision munitions capability for medium-sized or larger cargo aircraft that allows U.S. forces a flexible rapid response option.

“We practiced loading the JASSM collocated with the aircraft, to ensure our processes are in place, in the event forward arm for the F-16s or any of the bomber at a forward location, we can do that quickly and effectively,” said Maj. Anthony Belviso, Special Operations Task Group – Central operations director.

The RAPID DRAGON palletized munitions system is capable of deploying long-range cruise missiles using standard airdrop procedures from cargo aircraft like the MC-130J operated by Air Force Special Operations Command.

U.S. military and its coalition partners are poised and ready to respond to any aggression in the region. Our regional partnership and our commitment is to protect and defend toward the goal of a secure and stable Middle East.

Read the full article -> https://www.afcent.af.mil/…/afcent-special-operations…/