Master Sgt. Spencer Schenkelberg, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, waits with a smoke marker in the back of an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft during open water rescue training near the Florida coast Jan. 8, 2023. The 39th RQS operates the HC-130J, the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform. Its capabilities lend itself to a multitude of missions by supporting airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling and forward-area ground refueling missions, humanitarian aid operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation and noncombatant evacuation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lauren M. Snyder)
Date Taken: | 01.08.2023 |
Date Posted: | 01.18.2023 15:06 |
Photo ID: | 7588319 |
VIRIN: | 221105-F-VI447-0151 |
Resolution: | 5443x3621 |
Size: | 3.67 MB |
Location: | FLORIDA COAST, FLORIDA, US |
Web Views: | 41 |
Downloads: | 3 |
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