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Tech. Sgt. Gabe Campbell, 79th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, removes an engine cover from an HC-130J Combat King II, Sept. 11, 2017, at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Air National Guard Base, Miss. Aircraft and personnel from the 563rd Rescue Group mobilized to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., to assist in rescue efforts after Hurricane Irma made landfall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Callaghan)

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Super Herc

A C-130J Super Hercules touches down at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 16, 2010. The new Super Herc is being delivered by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz to the 317th Airlift Group there. The base's first C-130J, named "The Pride of Abilene," is the first of 28 to be delivered by 2013 to replace the current aging fleet of C-130s. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Stephen Reyes)

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Super Herc

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz taxis a new C-130J Super Hercules to a parking spot at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 16, 2010. This was the first of 28 C-130Js to be delivered to the 317th Airlift Group there. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Stephen Reyes)

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Super Herc

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz waits to be introduced during a brief press conference at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 16, 2010, following his delivery of a new C-130J Super Hercules to the base. This was the first of 28 C-130Js to be delivered to the 317th Airlift Group there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree Palacios)

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Super Herc

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz delivered this new C-130J Super Hercules April 16, 2010, to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. This was the first of 28 C-130Js to be delivered to the 317th Airlift Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree Palacios)

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Supermoon setting on a frozen flightline

Tech. Sgt. Jordan Brown refills a C-130H Hercules with liquid oxygen on the flightline of the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2016. The 179th AW is always on a mission to be the first choice to respond to state and federal missions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood)

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Supermoon setting on a frozen flightline

Tech. Sgt. Jordan Brown refills a C-130H Hercules with liquid oxygen as the super moon sets over a frozen flightline in the early morning at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2016. The 179th Airlift Wing is always on a mission to be the first choice to respond to state and federal missions with a trusted team of Airmen. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood)

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Sustaining the mission

Two New York Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawks engage in air-to-air refueling operations during exercise Red Flag-Nellis 23-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., March 16, 2023. The exercise provides realistic combat training to save lives while increasing combat effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan McCoy)

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Sweet 16

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Air Force C-130 Hercules line up Oct. 24 before launching as part of a 16-aircraft formation flight and heavy-equipment drop competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason A. Neal)

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Tactical airlift key to winning war on terrorism

A C-130 Hercules taxies on the runway after the crew picked up military members from a forward operating base in Iraq Jan 11 at a Southwest Asia air base. C-130s assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing moved more than 4,500 tons of cargo and 33,500 passengers during this air and space expeditionary rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)

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Tactical vehicle

NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT, Del. -- Senior Master Sgt. Michael Forsyth and Airman 1st Class Jennifer Quigg, load an M-1083 Tactical Vehicle onto a C-130 Hercules for deployment to New Orleans in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. They are assigned to the 166th Aerial Port Flight with the Delaware Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Gerald F. Dougherty)

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Take off

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- An Air Force reservist from the 910th Maintenance Squadron launches a C-130 Hercules from here for a mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. More than 200 mobilized reservists from the 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, are deployed here and assigned to the 38th Airlift Squadron (Provisional). (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Caryn Gardenhire)

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Take this flare

A formation of C-130 Hercules aircraft fire off chaff and flare countermeasures over the Nevada Test and Training Range Nov. 17, 2010 during a mobility air forces exercise. More than 40 C-17 Globemaster IIIs and C-130s assembled in aerial formations over the range to conduct air and ground operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

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Taking on gas

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- An HH-60G Pave Hawk receives fuel from an HC-130 on May 5 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both aircraft belong to Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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Talon landing

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- An MC-130H Combat Talon II takes off from the flightline here May 20. The MC-130H is assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley)

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Team deploys to recover damaged aircraft

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Tech Sgt. Paul Okon begins removing a panel on a battle-damaged C-130 Hercules engine at a forward-deployed location in northern Iraq. Sergeant Okon and other members of a maintenance recovery team from the 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Group deployed to replace the engine after it was it by enemy ground fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Sonny Kim)

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Team deploys to recover damaged aircraft

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- (From right) Tech. Sgt. Rich Bobber surveys the damage on a C-130 Hercules engine as Tech. Sgt. Clark Elwarner (kneeling) and Tech. Sgt. Paul Okon pry off the engine panels to get a look inside. The Airmen are part of a maintenance recovery team from the 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location. They traveled to northern Iraq to repair the battle-damaged C-130 after it was hit by enemy ground fire. Within 48 hours, the team had replaced the engine and certified the aircraft as airworthy so it could be flown home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Sonny Kim)

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Team effort brings America's wounded troops home

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Senior Airman Racheal Santos comforts a patient during a recent aeromedical evacuation mission onboard a C-130 Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Doug Moore)

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Tech. Sgt. points a missile-to-air cannon toward aircraft during a training

Tech. Sgt. Tyler Engle, 563rd Aerial Delivery Unit air transportation troop, points a missile-to-air cannon toward aircraft during a training event at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Ariz., March 26, 2020. Engle tried to target aircraft as an acting opposing force during a combat search and rescue training event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob T. Stephens)

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Testing it out

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A C-130J Hercules sits in the Benefield Anechoic Facility here during a defensive systems electronic warfare test. Ground testing of the systems took place in the chamber to ensure all of the systems integrated into the mission computer would not interfere with other avionics systems before the aircraft began operational test flights. Open-air testing of the integrated defensive systems began Oct. 7 at China Lake Naval Weapons Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Thomas Powell)

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