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Vehicle I-D: Normandy painted C-130 Hercules

Image July 9, 2019 Hutchins AAron

On 02JUL2019, a ‘Normady’ striped USAF C-130J paid a visit to Belgium, to give some firefighters a ride.

The 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, landed on Chièvres Air Base, to help U.S. Air Force 424th Air Base Squadron firefighters train-up, and asked the Belgians if they wanted to tag-along.

Plastic space ship cockpit of C-130J Super Hercules.

Not sure what the firefighting training was as the USAF didn’t provide any pics of that. I think it was actually a covert joy-ride.

There were several C-130 in Invasion Stripes attending the D-Day Anniversary, like this C-130J from Little Rock, Arkansas.

Back in May 2019, a C-130H got striped, a Kentucky Guard bird scheduled to take part in this year’s D-Day Anniversary.

KENTUCKY DOG TRAINS TO RESCUE ALASKANS FROM A HC-130J!

D-DAY F-15E STRIKE EAGLE

Technology

Vehicle ID: That’s not a C-130J, it’s still the old C-130H!

Image April 12, 2018 Hutchins AAron

“When we add these modifications to all of our aircraft, we will greatly increase the reliability and performance of the C-130H, and the overall lethality of the United States Air Force.”-Colonel Justin Walrath, Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing

You can’t count on those six bladed props to tell you that you’re looking at a C-130J Super Hercules anymore. The following pics are an old school C-130H upgraded with new engines and props that might make it look like a C-130J to the casual observer, along with a few other things.

The Wyoming Air National Guard is proud to be the first operator of the first C-130H upgraded with ‘J-like’ components. Wyoming was chosen in 2008 to get and try out upgraded C-130Hs.

The C-130J has six bladed props.

C-130J Super Hercules. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Harry Brexel, 03FEB2017.

Most obvious change for upgraded C-130H are the turbines and eight bladed air-screws (evil British empire Rolls-Royce T56 series 3.5 with NP2000 props). The modifications took place over 18 months at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.

Upgraded C-130H Hercules. U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Junior, 11JAN2018.

Initial testing took place at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Supposedly the C-130H modifications mean various state National Guard units will save taxpayer money versus buying the C-130J.

HARVEY: GEORGIA MILITIA DEPLOYS C-130H!

WC-130J SUPER HERCULES TRACKS HURRICANE HARVEY

VEHICLE I-D: ALASKA MILITIA GETS NEW HC-130J

STOP YOUR BITCHIN’! FEMALE PILOT TELLS YOU WHY SHE FLIES MAFFS

MAFFS BOMBS IDAHO!

U.S.

Harvey: New threat, Pestilence!

Image September 14, 2017 Hutchins AAron

“…..I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.”-Revelation 6:7, New American Standard Bible

Google Earth map of flooded Houston area

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) are sounding a new alarm over the aftermath of Harvey; due to the massive flooding insects that can transmit diseases are increasing significantly.

A USAF Reserve C-130 unit from Ohio is in eastern Texas preparing to spray millions of acres affected by flooding. The USAF’s 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, is the only Department of Defense unit equipped to carry out such a mission.

USAF reserve personnel prep a C-130H in San Antonio for aerial spraying ops, 12 SEP 2017

Bug spray mission over Lake Jackson, Texas, 13 SEP 2017

North of Beaumont, Texas, 31 AUG 2017

HARVEY: 3 WEEKS LATER RESCUE RECONS CONTINUE!

U.S.

Harvey: Georgia Militia deploys C-130H!

Video August 29, 2017 Hutchins AAron

Georgia National Guard’s 165th Airlift Wing took-off for Texas, 29 AUG 2017:

Technology, U.S.

Harvey: What’s a DropSonde?

Video August 28, 2017 Hutchins AAron

U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sergeant Heather Heiney, 24AUG2017.

Video explainer of what a storm tracking dropsonde is:

Loading a dropsonde cannon. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Heather Heiney, 24AUG2017.

In May, the USAF 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron ‘Hurricane Hunters’ took part in the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour, which was meant to increase the public’s awareness of hurricane threats.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Ryan Labadens, 08MAY2017.

More video & pics: WC-130J SUPER HERCULES TRACKS HURRICANE HARVEY

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Alaska Militia gets new HC-130J

Video June 4, 2017 Hutchins AAron

The happy new operators of a brand new HC-130J, picking up their ride from the Lockheed Martin facility in Greenville, South Carolina, 01JUN2017. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Edward Eagerton.

On 03JUN2017, Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, got its first HC-130J. It was such a big deal that it looks like all the base personnel turned out to witness the arrival of Super Hercules:

The HC-130J Combat King-2 arrives on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 03JUN2017. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Nancy Goldberger.

The HC-130J, aka Combat King-2, is designed as a long range Search & Rescue (SaR) aircraft, specializing in rescues during combat, as well as being a long range surveillance aircraft.

U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J in Waco, Texas, awaiting electronics upgrades, 11MAY2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

VEHICLE I-D: NTC AND THE BRADLEY

Drugs, the American Way: ALASKA MILITIA PREPS FOR HEROIN EPIDEMIC!

Idaho, Technology, U.S.

MAFFS: What does it take to maintain a flying military firetruck?

Image April 24, 2017 Hutchins AAron

23 April 2017 / 23:49 UTC-07 Tango 06 (03 Ordibehest 1396/26 Rajab 1438/28 Jia Chen 4715)

Susan Kett of U.S. Forest Service, David Lafon of North Carolina Forest Service and Robert Wheatley from CAL FIRE, on the flightline at Gowen Field, Idaho.

Technical Sergeant Miguel Corona, 146th Maintenance Squadron California National Guard, inspects the flight deck of a C-130J at Gowen Field, Idaho.

Tech. Sgt. Kye Dudley, 146th Maintenance Squadron California National Guard, inspects main wheel wells of a C-130J at Gowen Field, Idaho.

Senior Airman Santos Casaus operates ground generator that will provide electrical power to a sleeping C-130J, Gowen Field, Idaho.

Staff Sgt. Joseph Perez inspects the prop of a C-130J at Gowen Field, Idaho. If oil is leaking from the prop hub the whole propeller assembly must be replaced.

Even transports use HUDs (Heads Up Display). Airman 1st Class Alexis Carranza inspects the HUD inside a C-130J at Gowen Field, Idaho, 20 APR 2017.

Tech. Sgt. Miguel Corona inspects an oxygen mask inside of a C-130J.

Fire in the Hole! USAF Staff Sgt. Kelsey Herzfeld, assigned to the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing, preps to connect the MAFFS nozzle to one of two Wyoming Air National Guard MAFFS C-130H. The work was done before leaving for Idaho. The Wyoming Air Militia has been flying MAFFS missions since 1975.

Nevada “High Rollers” C-130H follows a USFS spotter plane over western Idaho, 21 APR 2017.

A MAFFS unit being installed in a C-130H. Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System can dump 3-thousand gallons of water in five seconds!

Video: MAFFS BOMBS IDAHO!

Idaho, Technology, U.S.

MAFFS bombs Idaho!

Video April 24, 2017 Hutchins AAron

23 April 2017 / 18:41 UTC-07 Tango 06 (03 Ordibehest 1396/26 Rajab 1438/28 Jia Chen 4715)

Staff Sgt. Benny Romero, 146th Airlift Wing, California Air Militia, inspects the C-130J’s main landing gear on Gowen Field, Idaho, 20APR2017. U.S. Air Force photo by Major Jolene Ortiona.

MAFFS 9 (C-130H) of 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air Militia, east of Boise, Idaho, 21APR2017. California Air Militia photo by Staff Sergeant Nieko Carzis.

Video of MAFFS practice water drops in western Idaho, 22 APR 2017:

MAFFS 2 and MAFFS 5, from Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Colorado, on Gowen Field, Idaho, for USFS training.

Nevada Air National Guard MAFFS 8 (C-130H) of 152nd Airlift Wing “High Rollers”, east of Boise, Idaho, 21APR2017. California Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Nieko Carzis.

IDAHO CONDUCTS MASSIVE MAFFS TRAINING, IN PREPS FOR HOT WILDFIRE SEASON!

HOLY VIRTUA L ‘COPTER! IOWA MILITIA 1ST TO USE BAT-cave!

Idaho, Technology, U.S.

Idaho conducts massive MAFFS training, in preps for hot wildfire season!

Video April 21, 2017 Hutchins AAron

20 April 2017 / 18:27 UTC-07 Tango 06 (01 Ordibehest 1396/24 Rajab 1438/25 Jia Chen 4715)

“We look forward to this joint training with our military and civilian partners. Training together with all four MAFFS wings alongside U.S. Forest Service and other wildland firefighting agencies here in Boise provides a significant opportunity as we prepare for another challenging wildfire season.”-Colonel Bryan Allen, Air Expedition Group

MAFFS=Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System

More than 4-hundred state National Guard and federal Reserve personnel from California, Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming arrived in Gowen Field, Idaho, for a week of U.S. Forest Service training: “MAFFS have played a critical role in wildfire suppression for more than 40 years by providing surge capacity when commercial airtankers are fully committed or not readily available as they frequently are during periods of high wildfire activity.”-Kim Christensen, USFS

C-130 aircraft from three National Guard units and a U.S. Air Force Reserve unit arrive at Gowen Field, Idaho, 20APR2017. California Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Nieko Carzis.

“Dude!”, 2013 Wyoming militia MAFFS drop: