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.
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.
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 centeU.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 centeU.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.
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 advancedU.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 advancedU.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 advancedU.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 advancedU.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 advancedU.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 advancedU.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 advancedU.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
#s during static line airborne ops over Arizona, Sept. 29. Airborne operations enable ground forces to quickly insert into remote and austere environments. #USMC#FlyMarines
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.
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.
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