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Moody AFB Receives Second HC-130J
The second Lockheed HC-130J Combat King II to be assigned to Air Combat Command's 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base was ferried from Marietta.
The second Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II to be assigned to Air Combat Command’s (ACC) 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., was ferried by a Moody AFB crew from the company’s Aeronautics facility in Marietta on Aug. 14.
The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force’s only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by ACC and Air Education and Training Command. This C-130J variant, which replaces existing HC-130P/N aircraft, specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection to support recovery operations in austere environments.
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