JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —The Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing members, family and friends welcomed their first new HC-130J “Combat King II” aircrafts here, Saturday, June 3. The HC-130J is the first of four new aircraft that will replace the HC-130N models previously flown by the 211th Rescue Squadron, the last of which was transferred to Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, in January.

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