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

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An MC-130E Combat Talon I arrived here in October to receive avionics modernization program upgrades. After undergoing several months of modifications, 418th Flight Test Squadron Airmen successfully performed the aircraft''s first risk reduction flight on March 15.

KARSHI-KHANABAD, Uzbekistan -- A C-130 Hercules comes to a stop at the signal of a maintenance Airman during airfield operations here Jan. 28.

ADMUNSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION, Antarctica -- An Air National Guard LC-130H Hercules sits while crews unload fuel and cargo here during a recent mission. The LC-130H is equipped with ski-landing gear that allows the aircraft to land on ice or snow while airlifting supplies to remote locations throughout the Antarctic continent.

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Airmen of the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to work on a C-130 Hercules here. Work completed during night shifts is vital to the mission, officials said. The planes that return from a mission with problems need to be ready to fly the next day.

NEW CASTLE, Del. - A tornado caused two C-130 Hercules to collide into each other here Sept. 28. The aircraft are assigned to the Delaware Air National Guard''s 166th Airlift Wing.

NEW CASTLE, Del. - A C-130 Hercules was pushed underneath another aircraft due to a tornado that touched down here Sept. 28. The aircraft are assigned to the Delaware Air National Guard''s 166th Airlift Wing.

OVER SAN DIEGO, Calif. - An HH-60 from the 55th Rescue Squadron''s moves in to refuel from the 79th Rescue Squadron''s C-130 here. This is part of a water rescue training exercise conducted jointly between the 55th, 79th, and 48th Rescue Squadrons, all a part of the Air Force Search and Rescue Operations Mission at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

NEW CASTLE, Del. -- Staff Sgt. Caleb Mosher moves the propellers on a Delaware Air National Guard C-130 Hercules that returned Sept. 3 from a mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Mosher is a C-130 aircraft turboprop mechanic and crew chief in the Delaware ANG here.

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- The Air Force''s newest C-130J Hercules comes in for a landing here March 19 while an older C-130 model waits on the runway. This is the first J model assigned to an active-duty unit.

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- C-130 Hercules J-model aircraft park here. Six Guard, Reserve and active-duty flying units are participating in a monthlong procedures, development and evaluation test of the C-130J.