HC-130J Combat King II Takes Off in Marietta

An HC-130J Combat King II took off for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. from Lockheed Martin facilities in Marietta on Nov. 15.

Aircraft number 5707 is the third of 15 HC-130Js to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command. The HC-130J replaces the HC-130P/N as the only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to conduct recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions.