HC-130Jコンバット・キングII：オンリーワンの固定翼人員救出専用機

210120-F-YL100-9959 An HC-130J departs after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 20th, 2021. The mission of the HC-130J 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Harrison)

250323-F-NC910-1086 2025 Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona Air Show A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II aircraft assigned to the 79th Rescue Squadron banks over the flight line during the Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona Air Show at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 23, 2025. The HC-130 performed this maneuver during a flyby after a simulated refuel with a KC-135 Stratotanker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devlin Bishop)

191101-F-PB513-9031 HC-130J A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II sits on the flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 31, 2019. The HC-130J is the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cheyenne A. Powers)

151111-F-VD052-971 HC-130J Combat King II An HC-130J Combat King II conducts a low pass before landing Dec. 11, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The aircraft is the 2,500th C-130 manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp. and Moody’s seventh HC-130J to be added to the 71st Rescue Squadron’s fleet and legacy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ceaira Tinsley)

200624-F-KM026-9140 HC-130J A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King ll flies over Malemute Drop Zone during 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron airborne training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 24, 2020. The 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron Airmen conducted the airborne training to maintain operational readiness. The focus on readiness demonstrates the installation’s resiliency and posture for the future throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Valdes Montijo)

210818-F-HY271-9388 Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron hones aerial capabilities at JBER An Alaska Air National Guard HC-130J Combat King II operated by aircrew from the 211th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, takes off from an unpaved landing strip at Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 18, 2021. The training prepared the guardsmen to operate in austere locations with unfinished or shorter runways. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena)

230702-F-TO545-9390 Dusty landing A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron lands on an unprepared landing zone at Grand Bara, Djibouti, July 2, 2023. The 81st ERQS rapidly deploys to execute recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory, exploiting airpower’s attributes of speed, range, precision, tempo, lethality and adaptability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath)

210615-F-TY831-9174 Moody conducts rescue helicopter Heritage Flight An HC-130J Combat King II refuels an HH-60G Pave Hawk and HH-60W Jolly Green II, both assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron, during a heritage flight at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., June 15, 2021. The HC-130J can provide helicopter air-to-air refueling to almost every rotary wing platform in the world through its hose and drogue aerial refueling system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hayden Legg)

240416-F-NU502-9004 Ready to fly An HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 71st Rescue Squadron sits on the flightline during exercise Ready Tiger 24-1 at Savannah Air National Guard Base in Savannah, Ga., April 16, 2024. The 71st RQS provided airlift and combat search and rescue capabilities for the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Courtney Sebastianelli)