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Lockheed Martin delivers first HC-130J Combat King II to U.S. Moddy Air Force Base 2207131.
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| Lockheed Martin delivers first HC-130J Combat King II to U.S. Moddy Air Force Base. | |||
The
first Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] 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 today from the company’s Aeronautics facility
located here. Maj. Gen. H. D. Polumbo, Jr., commander, Ninth Air Force,
Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., flew the Super Hercules
(Lockheed Martin aircraft serial number 5725) to Moody AFB. |
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![The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] 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 today from the company’s Aeronautics facility located here. Maj. Gen. H. D. Polumbo, Jr., commander, Ninth Air Force, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., flew the Super Hercules (Lockheed Martin aircraft serial number 5725) to Moody AFB.](/images/stories/north_america/united-states/other_aircraft/hc-130j/HC-130J_logistic_support_military_aircraft_Lockheed-Martin_US_United_States_Air_Force_640_001.jpg) HC-130J logistic support aircraft |
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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. This
HC-130J is one of six Super Hercules on contract designated for assignment
at Moody AFB. 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. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 118,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation's net sales for 2012 were $47.2 billion. |
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