Photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin Norton | 302nd Airlift Wing | 08.16.2023
A C-130 Hercules aircraft lands on a dirt runway enroute to receive patients for aeromedical evacuation during Exercise Mountain Medic 23, Fort Carson, Colorado, Aug. 16, 2023. The exercise was designed to test medevac and aeromedical evacuation capabilities in a joint-service austere battle zone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin Norton)...
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath | 406th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.02.2023
U.S. Air Force Capt. Rose Porras, an instructor pilot assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron watches an HC-130J Combat King II taxi on an unprepared landing zone at Grand Bara, Djibouti, July 2, 2023. The 81st ERQS is able to rapidly deploy to execute recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory, exploiting airpower’s attributes of speed, range, precision, tempo,......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath | 406th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.02.2023
A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron take-offs from an unprepared landing zone at Grand Bara, Djibouti, July 2, 2023. The 81st ERQS is able to rapidly deploy to execute recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory, exploiting airpower’s attributes of speed, range, precision, tempo, lethality, and adaptability to create......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath | 406th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.02.2023
A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron lands at an unprepared landing zone at Grand Bara, Djibouti, July 2, 2023. The 81st ERQS is able to rapidly deploy to execute recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory, exploiting airpower’s attributes of speed, range, precision, tempo, lethality, and adaptability to create right......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath | 406th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.02.2023
U.S. Air Force Capt. Rose Porras, a pilot assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron watches an HC-130J Combat King II land on an unprepared landing zone at Grand Bara, Djibouti, July 2, 2023. The 81st ERQS is able to rapidly deploy to execute recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory, exploiting airpower’s attributes of speed, range, precision, tempo, lethality,......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath | 406th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.02.2023
U.S. Air Force Capt. Rose Porras, a pilot assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron radios an HC-130J Combat King II at Grand Bara, Djibouti, July 2, 2023. The 81st ERQS is able to rapidly deploy to execute recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory, exploiting airpower’s attributes of speed, range, precision, tempo, lethality, and adaptability to create right......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath | 406th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.02.2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Smith, a loadmaster assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron looks out the loading ramp of an HC-130J Combat King II as it taxis on an unprepared landing zone at Grand Bara, Djibouti, July 2, 2023. The 81st ERQS is able to rapidly deploy to execute recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory, exploiting airpower’s attributes of......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath | 406th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.02.2023
A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron lands on an unprepared landing zone at Grand Bara, Djibouti, July 2, 2023. The 81st ERQS is able to rapidly deploy to execute recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory, exploiting airpower’s attributes of speed, range, precision, tempo, lethality, and adaptability to create right......
