A KC-130 Hercules refuels an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Salty Dogs” of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) during a test flight near Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-772 (HMM-772) receive fuel from a KC-130 Hercules while each transport High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) over the Gulf of Aden.
Aerial shot over Iraq of a KC-130 “Hercules” assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler-Transport Squadron Two Thirty Four (VMGR-234) firing flares used to counter attack surface to air missiles.
U.S. service members assigned to a 12-man Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team (HAST) move gear to a KC-130 Hercules aircraft during disaster relief operations in the Philippines.