HC-130 Feature Page
This page combines the HC-130 and it's different variants.
The HC-130P/N "King" is the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The HC-130P/N is an extended-range version of the C-130 Hercules transport. HC-130 crews provide expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery capabilities to our Combatant Commanders and Joint/Coalitions partners worldwide. Assigned units: 71st RS / Moody AFB, Georgia; 79th RS / Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona; 550th SOS /... read more
This page combines the HC-130 and it's different variants.
The HC-130P/N "King" is the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The HC-130P/N is an extended-range version of the C-130 Hercules transport. HC-130 crews provide expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery capabilities to our Combatant Commanders and Joint/Coalitions partners worldwide. Assigned units: 71st RS / Moody AFB, Georgia; 79th RS / Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona; 550th SOS / Kirtland AFB, New Mexico; 920th RG / Patrick AFB, Florida; 106th RW / Francis S. Gabreski ANGB, New York; 129th RQW / Moffett Federal Airfield, California; 176th Wing / Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; 106th RW / Francis S. Gabreski ANGB, New York. Fact Sheet: http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104509/hc-130pn-king/
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. Assigned units: 71st RS / Moody AFB, Georgia; 79th RS / Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
550th SOS / Kirtland AFB, New Mexico; 920th RG / Patrick AFB, Florida; 106th RW / Francis S. Gabreski ANGB, New York; 129th RQW / Moffett Federal Airfield, California
176th Wing / Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; 106th RW / Francis S. Gabreski ANGB, New York. Fact Sheet: http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104468/hc-130j-combat-king-ii/ show less
