Hình đẹp kỹ thuật hải lực và không lực trên thế giới - Phần 1

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFPN) -- C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron sit on the flightline before a six-ship sortie. The squadron is the only forward-based tactical airlift squadron in the Pacific region. They provide C-130 aircrews to conduct theater airlift, special operations, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue, repatriation and humanitarian relief missions.

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFPN) -- A crew chief with the 563rd Maintenance Squadron walks toward a fleet of C-130 Hercules aircraft at sunset here.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFPN) - C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi out for a mission during a six-ship sortie here. The 36th Airlift Squadron is the only forward-based tactical airlift squadron in the Pacific region. The unit maintains a forward presence and supports combat operations by moving people and equipment.

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFPN) -- The final C-130J Hercules from the 403rd Wing here touched down after being forward deployed to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. The 403rd Wing mission, which includes the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron''s "Hurricane Hunters" and the 815th Airlift Squadron''s "Flying Jennies," fully reinstated its mission at Keesler after Hurricane Katrina damaged their home unit.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFPN) -- An Iraqi C-130 Hercules arrives here at New Al Muthana. It was the first mission flown by an all Iraqi aircrew.

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Nicholas Ortiz inspects a new propeller before its installation on a C-130 Hercules engine. Airman Ortiz is a crew chief with the 386th Expe***ionary Airlift Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Pope Air Force Base, N.C.

ALI BASE, Iraq -- An Iraqi air force C-130 Hercules taxis down the ramp before takeoff. The base is the U.S. Air Force''s only major airfield in southern Iraq.

KIGALI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Rwanda - A C-130 Hercules prepares to take off in the early morning hours as members of the 86th Air Expe***ionary Group work to get the plane in the air. The 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen are deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

SAN ANTONIO -- A C-130J Hercules, like the one shown here, made a first-ever combat airdrop June 30. The mission supported an Army air assistance request for troop re-supply and civic assistance to be dropped in the vicinity of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The "Hurricane Hunters" from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., flew their first WC-130J Hercules operational mission into a storm May 20, gathering data about Hurricane Adrian off the coast of El Salvador. In the past, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron crews flew WC-130J''s into storms for training and evaluation, not to fulfill a tasking from the National Hurricane Center.