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Clouds swirl after a C-130J from Air Station Elizabeth CIty, NC. passes through. The C-130J is the latest incarnation of this enduring, multi-mission platform. Air Station Elizabeth CIty has the first operational J models. The Coast Guard has been using a version of the C-130 since the first one was delivered to Air Station Elizabeth CIty in December 1959. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Dave Silva.
 
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ANG Rescue

Members of the 129th Rescue Wing California Air National Guard assist in the rescue operations of two injured fisherman who were approximately 1400 miles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico on Sept. 5, 2012. (Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class John D. Pharr III)
 
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Alpha_Echo_606 said:
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ANG Rescue

Members of the 129th Rescue Wing California Air National Guard assist in the rescue operations of two injured fisherman who were approximately 1400 miles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico on Sept. 5, 2012. (Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class John D. Pharr III)
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What's up with the pink paint? Primer? Anti-corrosion coating?
 
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^Those aircraft are prepped for fire fighting, they use a bright paint to help other crews ground or air to see them more easily. I suspect they had been recently fighting wild fires in California since they are California Air Guard aircraft.
 
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Alpha_Echo_606 said:
^Those aircraft are prepped for fire fighting, they use a bright paint to help other crews ground or air to see them more easily. I suspect they had been recently fighting wild fires in California since they are California Air Guard aircraft.
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Exactly. They've been making a regular appearance at NASNI the last couple of weeks, along with the Navy -60s painted up in similar fashion that are based out of there.
 
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Gatordev said:
Exactly. They've been making a regular appearance at NASNI the last couple of weeks, along with the Navy -60s painted up in similar fashion that are based out of there.
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Is that paint or stickers/wrap?
 
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Under Wing
A KC-130J Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stages on the flight line of Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, after completing a ground refuel training operation Sept 22, 2012. The KC-130J detachment provides long range logistics and transportation support for the 24th MEU. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force in U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim
 
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107th Lights Up The Sky
A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft with the 107th Airlift Wing fires off flares during a night formation training mission. A flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure to counter and infrared homing (heat seeking) surface-to-air or air-to-air missile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lloyd)
 
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Is that paint or stickers/wrap?
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Sorry for the delay.

Not sure if anything has changed, but when we did firefighting in SD in '07, it was (no joke) off-the-shelf Crayola washable paint (the same kind you used in kindergarten). Easy to see markings in smoke/haze, and washed off quite easily in the bird bath.
 
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KBayDog said:
Sorry for the delay.

Not sure if anything has changed, but when we did firefighting in SD in '07, it was (no joke) off-the-shelf Crayola washable paint (the same kind you used in kindergarten). Easy to see markings in smoke/haze, and washed off quite easily in the bird bath.
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Better late than pregnant err I mean never. :)
 
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Alpha_Echo_606 said:
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Under Wing
A KC-130J Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stages on the flight line of Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, after completing a ground refuel training operation Sept 22, 2012. The KC-130J detachment provides long range logistics and transportation support for the 24th MEU. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force in U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim
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It's the infamous MEU Herk!
 
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