C-130 Factsheet

MissionThe C-130 Hercules primarily performs the tactical portion of the airlift mission. The aircraft is capable of operating from rough, dirt strips and is the prime transport for airdropping troops and equipment into hostile areas. The C-130 operates throughout the U.S. Air Force, serving with Air Mobility Command, Air Force Special Operations

Online Resources

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22nd Air Force History

Lineage. Established as Domestic Wing, Air Corps Ferrying Command, and activated, on 18 Feb 1942. Redesignated as: Domestic Wing, Army Air Forces Ferry Command, on 9 Mar 1942; Domestic Wing, Army Air Forces Ferrying Command, on 31 Mar 1942; Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, on 20 Jun 1942; Continental Division, Air Transport Command, on 1

Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS)

In the 1970s, Congress established the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) Program to aid the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Typically, when all other civilian air tankers are activated but further assistance is needed, the U.S. Forest Service, through the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), can request the

Aerial Spray Mission

The Department of Defense (DoD) tasks the 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), Ohio to maintain the DoD’s only large area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to control disease-carrying insects, pest insects, undesirable vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. Missions may be executed in combat areas, on DoD installations or in response to disasters/emergencies as declared by the President of the United States.

622nd Civil Engineer Group

The 622nd Civil Engineer Group Headquarters is located at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, in Marietta. The group is a tenant organization to 94th Airlift Wing.

Headquarters, 22nd Air Force

Twenty-Second Air Force traces its origins to December 28, 1941, when the Domestic Division, Air Corps Ferrying Command, was established and activated in Washington, D.C. Amid many re-organizations, the mission of the command remained constant – provide airlift support to crisis areas in which American interests were at stake. The Command was

Hurricane Hunter Weather Equipment

AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE WEATHER OFFICER Data System The WC 130J aerial reconnaissance weather officer software and communication system have allowed tremendous advances in hurricane reconnaissance data collection aboard the Air Force Reserve's fleet of WC-130J aircraft.  WEATHERBIRD SOFTWARE The Weatherbird data collection software enables the ARWO