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Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and 165th Airlift Squadron offload aviation fuel from a C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft to an R-11 refueling truck in support of a major earthquake-response exercise at Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah, Ky., May 13, 2025. The specialized fueling operation, which can be conducted even while aircraft engines are running, is a logistics multiplier that enables C-130s to quickly supply fuel for use by helicopters at remote airfields, which might otherwise lack electrical power or the necessary infrastructure following an earthquake. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
250513-Z-VT419-3183.JPG Photo By: Dale Greer

PADUCAH, Ky. - Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and 165th Airlift Squadron offload aviation fuel from a C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft to an R-11 refueling truck in support of a major earthquake-response exercise at Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah, Ky., May 13, 2025. The specialized fueling operation, which can be conducted even while aircraft engines are running, is a logistics multiplier that enables C-130s to quickly supply fuel for use by helicopters at remote airfields, which might otherwise lack electrical power or the necessary infrastructure following an earthquake. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)


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