lostfound30
08-25-2012, 11:20 AM
http://youtu.be/KaSUc8Sj7rY?hd=1
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - One of the U.S. military's most seasoned aircraft continues to serve a new purpose as a one-of-a-kind weapon for the Marine Corps in support of troops on the ground in Afghanistan.
The U.S. military has relied on the C-130 Hercules platform for a variety of tasks including air-to-air refueling, and cargo and troop transportation for more than 50 years. But the Marine Corps, in partnership with Lockheed-Martin, has created a unique variant of its KC-130J by outfitting an existing plane with what has been dubbed the Harvest Hawk weapons system.
VMGR-252 Squadron utilizes the KC-130J aircraft as the Harvest Hawk to support ground units in Afghanistan aboard Kandahar Air Field, Jan. 21.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - One of the U.S. military's most seasoned aircraft continues to serve a new purpose as a one-of-a-kind weapon for the Marine Corps in support of troops on the ground in Afghanistan.
The U.S. military has relied on the C-130 Hercules platform for a variety of tasks including air-to-air refueling, and cargo and troop transportation for more than 50 years. But the Marine Corps, in partnership with Lockheed-Martin, has created a unique variant of its KC-130J by outfitting an existing plane with what has been dubbed the Harvest Hawk weapons system.
VMGR-252 Squadron utilizes the KC-130J aircraft as the Harvest Hawk to support ground units in Afghanistan aboard Kandahar Air Field, Jan. 21.