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Lockheed HC-130
U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 District 11 aircraft fly on Search and Rescue(SAR), Law Enforcement, and Logistics missions.
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento's area of responsibility(AOR) reaches south to the equator, west to Hawaii, and north to Alaska.
The HC-130 is an extended-range, combat rescue version of the C-130 transport aircraft. Capable of independent employment in the no-to-low threat environment. Its primary mission is to provide air refueling for rescue helicopters. The HC-130 can perform extended searches in a permissive environment and has the capability to airdrop pararescuemen and survival equipment to isolated survivors when a delay in the arrival of a recovery vehicle is anticipated. Flights to air refueling areas or drop zones are accomplished at tactical low altitude to avoid threats. NVG-assisted, low-altitude air refueling and other operations in a low-threat environment are performed by specially trained crews. The crew can perform airborne mission commander (AMC) duties in a no-to-low threat environment when threat conditions permit.
The US Coast Guard is one of the largest operators of the surveillance/patrol version of the HC-130 Hercules transport. While equipped especially for long-range surveillance, the HC-130 can be converted quickly for use as a cargo and/or personnel transport, including the handling of oversized equipment. As the HC-130 is the Coast Guard's long-range surveillance (LRS) aviation platform, the HC-130 aircraft is tasked to perform the service's most demanding missions. The current HC-130H crews perform search and rescue, law enforcement (fisheries/drug interdiction), international ice patrol, and environmental response duties.
In 1959 the Coast Guard obtained its first Lockheed HC-130 Hercules. Large, rugged, and extremely reliable, this aircraft could cruise on two of its four engines thereby greatly extending its range. The Hercules flies with the Coast Guard as the HC-130B, performing air-sea rescue. The maximum speed is 290 knots (at high altitude), with a low-altitude cruise speed of 210 to 250 knots. Range, depending upon internal fuel tank configuration, is 3,000 to 4,500NM (no wind).
~phiz 8/26/2007
Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento's area of responsibility(AOR) reaches south to the equator, west to Hawaii, and north to Alaska.
The HC-130 is an extended-range, combat rescue version of the C-130 transport aircraft. Capable of independent employment in the no-to-low threat environment. Its primary mission is to provide air refueling for rescue helicopters. The HC-130 can perform extended searches in a permissive environment and has the capability to airdrop pararescuemen and survival equipment to isolated survivors when a delay in the arrival of a recovery vehicle is anticipated. Flights to air refueling areas or drop zones are accomplished at tactical low altitude to avoid threats. NVG-assisted, low-altitude air refueling and other operations in a low-threat environment are performed by specially trained crews. The crew can perform airborne mission commander (AMC) duties in a no-to-low threat environment when threat conditions permit.
The US Coast Guard is one of the largest operators of the surveillance/patrol version of the HC-130 Hercules transport. While equipped especially for long-range surveillance, the HC-130 can be converted quickly for use as a cargo and/or personnel transport, including the handling of oversized equipment. As the HC-130 is the Coast Guard's long-range surveillance (LRS) aviation platform, the HC-130 aircraft is tasked to perform the service's most demanding missions. The current HC-130H crews perform search and rescue, law enforcement (fisheries/drug interdiction), international ice patrol, and environmental response duties.
In 1959 the Coast Guard obtained its first Lockheed HC-130 Hercules. Large, rugged, and extremely reliable, this aircraft could cruise on two of its four engines thereby greatly extending its range. The Hercules flies with the Coast Guard as the HC-130B, performing air-sea rescue. The maximum speed is 290 knots (at high altitude), with a low-altitude cruise speed of 210 to 250 knots. Range, depending upon internal fuel tank configuration, is 3,000 to 4,500NM (no wind).
~phiz 8/26/2007
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