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	MC-130P Combat Shadow - Military Aircraft
		The fully modified Combat Shadow has a fully integrated inertial navigation and global positioning system, and night-vision goggle-compatible interior and exterior lighting.
		The Combat Shadow can fly in the day against a reduced threat, however, crews normally fly night, low-level, air refueling and formation operations using night-vision goggles.
		Combat search and rescue missions include flying low-level, preferably at night aided with night vision goggles, to an objective area where aerial refueling of a rescue helicopter is performed or pararescuemen are deployed.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/mc-130p.htm (970 words)

	MC-130 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The MC-130E/H COMBAT TALON I/II is a special operations variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the USAF.
		The MC-130E Combat Talon I and MC-130H Combat Talon II provide infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces and equipment in hostile or denied territory.
		The Combat Talon I was conceived originally and developed during the 1960s, and although extensively upgraded in the 1980-90s it still features analog instrumentation and does not fully integrate the sensors and communications suites.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MC-130E (329 words)

	Miltary Equipment Guides -MC130P
		Function: The Combat Shadow flies clandestine or low visibility, single or multi-ship low-level missions intruding politically sensitive or hostile territory to provide air refueling for special operations helicopters.
		Secondary mission capabilities may include airdrop of small special operations teams, bundles and combat rubber raiding craft, as well as night vision goggles, takeoff and landing procedures and in-flight refueling as a receiver.
		When fully modified, the Combat Shadow fleet will have a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning system, and night vision goggle compatible interior and exterior lighting.
	www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=MC130P&cat=a&lev=2 (576 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Aircraft of the World
		The Lockheed MC-130P (Combat Shadow) is an American Special Forces aircraft designed to fly clandestine or low visibility, low-level missions into politically sensitive or hostile territory to provide air refueling for special operations helicopters, and also airdrop missions of small special operations teams, small bundles, and zodiac and combat rubber raiding craft.
		The Sukhoi SU-19 (fencer) is a Soviet two-seat multi-role combat aircraft.
		The Welkin I was a British single-seat high-altitude fighter designed to combat possible stratospheric raids by the Luftwaffe over England at heights beyond the range of the then existing fighters, during the Second World War.
	www.galgani.it /free_encyclopedia/I.HTM (6898 words)

	C-17 Globemaster III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ultimate measure of airlift effectiveness is the ability to rapidly project and sustain an effective combat force close to a potential battle area.
		On March 26, 2003, ten USAF C-17s participated in the biggest combat airdrop since Operation Just Cause in Panama in December, 1989.
		It opened the northern front to combat operations and constituted the largest formation airdrop since D-Day in World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/C-17_Globemaster_III (1791 words)

	U. S. Air Force Special Operations
		Consists of pararescuemen and combat controllers who provide for the establishment of drop zones, landing zones, air traffic control, combat medical care and evacuation and combat search and rescue for fixed and rotary wing assets.
		This unit provides pararescuemen and combat controllers who provide for the establishment of drop zones, landing zones, air traffic control, combat medical care and evacuation, and combat search and rescue for fixed and rotary wing assets.
		They also are experts in artillery and in naval combat and attack helicopter capabilities; they use all combat assets to rain destruction on the enemy.
	www.globalspecialoperations.com /afso.html (4539 words)

	AFSOC Overview
		The MC-130P Combat Shadow flies clandestine, or low visibility, single or multi-ship low-level missions penetrating politically-sensitive or hostile territory to provide air refueling for Special Operations helicopters.
		Additionally, the Combat Shadow delivers Special Operations Forces and equipment by airdrop or by landing on unlit runways.
		With the use of night vision goggles, radar and infrared sensors, the Combat Shadow primarily flies missions at night to reduce the probability of visual acquisition by ground and airborne threats.
	www.vafc.50megs.com /afsoc/page5.html (340 words)

	Vega 31: The #806 Rescue
		James Pankau ever envisioned was participating in a combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission for the pilot of a downed F-117A stealth fighter.
		The Special Operations assigned Lockheed MC-130 Combat Shadow's mission is that of clandestine penetration of hostile or denied territory to provide aerial refueling of special operations helicopters, day and night, adverse weather, infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply of special operations forces in hostile or denied territory.
		Pankau and his crew in their MC-130 Combat Shadow took off from Avianio AB, Italy and proceded to Bosnia-Herzegovina for the rendevous with the rescue team.
	www.f-117a.com /Vega31/Vega31-2.html (2125 words)

	MC-130P Combat Shadow
		During Operation Allied Force, an MC-130P Combat Shadow participated in a combat search and rescue mission for the pilot of a downed F-117A stealth fighter.
		The Combat Shadow crew took off enroute to Bosnia-Herzegovina for a rendezvous with three rescue helicopters.
		Two were MH-53 Pave Lows, one from the 21st SOS and the other from the 20th SOS at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The third helicopter was an MH-60 Pave Hawk from the now deactivated 55th SOS at Hurlburt Field.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/mc-130p.htm (1415 words)

	US AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
		The mission of the MC-130E Combat Talon I and MC-130H Combat Talon II is to provide global, day, night, and adverse weather capability to airdrop and airland personnel and equipment in support of US and allied special operations forces.
		The Combat Talon is not a rapid response force.
		The 6th Special Operations Squadron (6 SOS) is a combat advisory unit activated for the purpose of advising and training foreign aviation units to employ and sustain their own assets in both peace and war, and, when necessary, to integrate those assets into joint, multi-national operations.
	www.fas.org /irp/agency/dod/socom/sof-ref-2-1/SOFREF_Ch5.htm (10351 words)

	United States Air Force
		American flyers took tremendous casualties during raids on the oil refineries of Ploiesti, Romania and the ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt and Regensburg, Germany.
		When the P-51 Mustang, with its increased range, was introduced to combat, American combat losses dropped, and operations during Big Week in late winter of 1944 caused the Luftwaffe to lose experienced pilots.
		In the Pacific theater, the USAAF used the B-29 Superfortress to launch attacks on the Japanese mainland from China.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/united_states_air_force (910 words)

	Directory of links to all things military. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Secondary mission capabilities may include airdrop of leaflets, small special operations teams, bundles and combat rubber raiding craft, as well as night vision goggles, takeoff and landing procedures and in-flight refueling as a receiver.
		The Combat Shadow fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning system, and night vision goggle compatible interior and exterior lighting.
		It also has forward looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, night vision goggle compatible heads-up display, satellite and data-burst communications, as well as in-flight refueling capability as a receiver (on 15 aircraft).
	www.worldnewsstand.net /2002/military/No51.htm (575 words)

	USAFE News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Combat Shadow is assigned out of Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England.
		Staff Sgt. Deshield Godet, a loadmaster on a Special Operations MC-130P Combat Shadow, speaks with pilots while a HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue Squadron, Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland refuels after completing a mission into the U.S. Embassy, Liberia Aug. 6.
		Noyes said the chance to be an AMC during an operational mission, from a Combat Shadow, is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
	www.usafe.af.mil /news/news03/uns03552.htm (1003 words)

	Navarre Press - Weekly News & Information
		Stogsdill is a master navigator with more than 6,500 flying hours, including 450 combat hours flown during the Vietnam conflict, where he was fire control officer aboard an AC-130H Spectre gunship.
		The 919th SOW is the only active associate unit in the Air Force, in which the Reserves own all MC-130E Combat Talon Is and the active duty 8th SOS and 716th Maintenance Squadron share the mission.
		The associate unit shares the active duty’s MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft mission.
	www.navarrepress.com /archive/030901/military/star.html (237 words)

	The 58th Special Operations Wing - Newcomer Information - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Activated July 10, 1952 at Taegu, Republic of Korea as the 58th Fighter Bomber Wing, its members flew combat interdiction and close air support missions in Korea until the end of hostilities, and provided air defense of South Korea thereafter.
		It was renamed the 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing in May 1984, and changed to reporting directly to MAC.
		Special operations and combat rescue graduates have served with distinction in every combat situation since training was established.
	www.58sow.kirtland.af.mil /Newcomer/history.html (872 words)

	Operation Atlas Response (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Pave Low helicopter is deployed for the operation from the 21st Special Operations Squadron and the Combat Shadow is deployed from the 67th Special Operations Squadron, both of RAF Mildenhall, England.
		A U.S. Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow flies over South Africa on March 20, 2000, en route to a reconnaissance mission of damaged roads in Central Mozambique during Operation Atlas Response.
		The Combat Shadow is deployed for the operation from the 67th Special Operations Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, England.
	www.americanhonor.net /new_page_6.htm (195 words)

	MC-130E Combat Talon I
		The MC-130E Combat Talon’s primary mission is infiltration and exfiltration of people and equipment in or out of a combat zone.
		MC-130P Combat Shadows and MC-130E Combat Talon I aircraft have similar missions, but the Combat Talon I has more instruments designed for covert operations.
		The missions were so secret that crews flying the Operation Stray Goose mission were immediately separated from conventional crews when they arrived in Vietnam at their forward operating bases.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/mc-130e.htm (927 words)

	Friday, March 16, 2001
		The 17th flies MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa.
		The airmen were called upon by South Korean military officials to rescue 6th ROK Marine Brigade troops who were injured when their vehicle ran off a road during a snowstorm on Paeng Nyong, one of five South Korean islands within sight of North Korea in the Yellow Sea.
		The helicopter landed at Seoul Airport — called K-16 air base by the U.S. military — and the injured were rushed to a local hospital for treatment.
	www.stripes.com /01/mar01/ed031601e.html (454 words)

	United States Air Force -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		These units are responsible for receiving combat forces from Air Force MAJCOMs, preparing these forces for operational missions, launching and recovering these forces, and eventually returning forces to the MAJCOMs.
		In 1941, the Army Air Corps became the U.S. Army Air Force and the GHQ Air Force was redesignated the Air Force Combat Command.
		In the major military reorganization effective March 9, 1942, the newly designated Army Air Forces gained equal voice with the (A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state) Army and (An organization of military naval forces) Navy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/Un/United_States_Air_Force.htm (5902 words)

	Code One Magazine First Quarter 2005 Events: Follow Me
		An MC-130P Combat Shadow from the 5th Special Operations Squadron, an Air Force Reserve Command unit based at Eglin AFB, Florida, passes over ships performing maneuvers during the Atlantic phase of Unitas 2004, the largest and longest-running naval exercise in the Americas.
		Naval forces from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Spain, and the United States participated in the exercise, which was held off the coast of Uruguay in November.
		This is the first time in the forty-six-year history of the exercise that Air Force Combat Shadow tanker crews have taken part.
	www.codeonemagazine.com /events/jan_05/jan05_events30.html (149 words)

	MH-53J Pave Low IIIE
		The MH-53J's mission is to perform low-level, long-range, undetected penetration into denied areas, day or night, in adverse weather, for infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces.
		The 58th SOW offers more than 90 courses for special operations and combat search and rescue troops at Kirtland.
		The wing trains some 1,600 students each year in HH-60 Pave Hawk, UH-1N Huey, TH-53A and MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopters, and MC-130 Combat Talon and MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft.
	www.sunnersberg.com /flygplan/mh-53j.htm (242 words)

	Air Force pilots participate in historic flight
		Air Force Capt. Jim Alexander, an MC-130P Combat Shadow pilot from the 9th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., flies a replica of the Wright brothers' 1902 glider at Nags Head, N.C., on Oct. 7.
		Dunlop is an F-15 Eagle pilot currently assigned to the Pentagon, and Alexander is an MC-130P Combat Shadow pilot with the 9th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla.
		The glider, an exact replica of Orville and Wilbur Wright's original craft, was built by the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company, a nonprofit organization based in West Milton, Ohio.
	www.ctlopez.com /story/2002_10_08.html (877 words)

	MC-130P (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		When fully modified, the Combat Shadow will have a fully integrated inertial navigation and global positioning system, and night-vision goggle-compatible interior and exterior lighting.
		It will also have a forward-looking infrared radar, missile and radar warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers and night-vision goggle compatible heads-up display.
		In addition, it will have satellite and data burst communications, as well as in-flight refueling capability as a receiver.
	www.afrc.af.mil /403wg/Wing/Mission/C130Graph/mc130p.htm (398 words)

	Society Military Aviation Aircraft Specialized MC-130 Combat Talon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Federation of American Scientists - MC-130E/H Combat Talon I/II description, specifications, and photos.
		Federation of American Scientists - MC-130P Combat Shadow; HC-130P/N Combat Shadow; HC-130P description, specifications, and photos.
		CNN.com - U.S. plane crashes in Afghanistan; 8 hurt - A U.S. Air Force MC-130P crashed early Wednesday in a remote section of eastern Afghanistan, injuring all eight crew members, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Society/Military/Aviation/Aircraft/Specialized/MC-130_Combat_Talon (158 words)

	Pacific Air Forces News Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Crews from the 17th Special Operations Squadron flying MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft were busy in the early stages of the exercise conducting personnel and resupply airdrops, and aerial refueling helicopters from E Company of the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Taegu AB, Korea.
		Rhoads and other members of the 353rd Special Operations Group are deployed here for Cobra Gold, a multi-nation, multi-service exercise designed to ensure regional peace, strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces and demonstrate U.S. resolve in the region.
		A MC-130P Combat Shadow from the 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, begins its takeoff roll on the runway at Udon Thani.
	www2.hickam.af.mil /pacaf/news/2003/200305/2003166.htm (753 words)

	AFRES C-130 Squadrons Page 1
		The 5th SOS, which activated in December 1994, flies the MC-130P/N Combat Shadow tanker.
		They are an associate unit of the 9th SOS at Eglin AFB, FL.
		A secondary wartime mission for the Combat Shadow includes airdrop of small bundles and special operations teams and other special operations tactics.
	www.spectrumwd.com /c130/afres.htm (633 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		As Cobra Gold Joint Special Operations Aviation Component commander and mission commander for the 353rd Special Operations Group, Samuels orchestrated a lot of moving parts.
		Crews from the 17th Special Operations Squadron flying MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft were busy in the early stages of the exercise conducting personnel and resupply airdrops, and aerial refueling helicopters from E Company of the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Taegu Air Base, Korea.
		Later, the 17th was joined by its sister squadron, the 1st SOS flying MC-130H Combat Talons.
	www.kadena.af.mil /18wg/staff/18wgpa/news/2003archive/jun03/Jun6/gold06.htm (591 words)

	Officer Career Path Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Pilots assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) major weapon system (MWS), AC-130H/U (Spectre Gunships), MC-130P (Combat Shadow), or MC-130E/H (Combat Talon I and Combat Talon II, respectively), are managed as SOFs.
		The majority of SOF pilots complete their 2d flying gate (120 months of flying duty) before they volunteer for a staff job.
		Staff positions for mid- to senior-level captains are available at the wing and group, in operational support squadrons, and in a limited number at AFSOC.
	www.afpc.randolph.af.mil /ofcr-cpguide/New_Folder/ch2-11.htm (1376 words)

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