The KC-10 Extender is an Air Mobility Command advanced tanker and cargo aircraft designed to provide increased global mobility for U.S. armed forces. Although the KC-l0's primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of a tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters and simultaneously carry the fighter support personnel and equipment on overseas deployments. The KC-10 is...
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...
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 /...
Vigilant Ace 18 is a large-scale exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of U.S. and Republic of Korea Air Forces through combined and joint combat training. This exercise is part of a continuous exercise schedule, strengthening the U.S.-ROK Alliance and helping both nations fulfill their obligations to the Mutual Defense Treaty. Vigilant Ace 18 is a regular training event held...
Joint Task Force-National Capital Region, located in Washington D.C. at Fort Lesley J. McNair, is charged with the planning and execution of ceremonial support for the state funeral of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. As a joint organization, the task force is comprised of nearly 4,000 military and civilian personnel from all branches of the United States Armed...
At the request of the country of Argentina, USSOUTHCOM is assisting in the ongoing search and rescue efforts for the missing Argentine submarine with 44 on board. PA assets have arrived in Argentina to cover the international effort, which is garnering increased numbers of domestic and international media queries.
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and United States
Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) have launched a series of ongoing attacks to hit
the Taliban where they are most vulnerable: their revenue streams. Together,
Afghan and U.S. forces are conducting combined operations to strike drug labs
and command-and-control nodes in northern Helmand province. These types of
strikes...
Response to the Oct. 10, 2017, grounding of the commercial fishing vessel Pacific Paradise on off Kaimana Beach, Oahu, and the ongoing wreck removal operation.
