A MC-130 Combat Shadow tanker from the 129th Rescue Wing flies in formation over Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California. The mission of the 129th is to train and be prepared to perform its wartime mission of combat search and rescue anywhere in the world. Its personnel and aircraft locate and recover aircrew and non-aircrew personnel from both enemy-held and friendly territory and seas. In addition, the 129th provides manpower, materiel and equipment to conduct peacetime search and rescue operations in the Pacific Ocean and off the coast of California, and is one of only three Rescue Wings in the Air National Guard. The 129th has saved 292 lives since 1975, and six so far in ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A MC-130 Combat Shadow tanker from the 129th Rescue Wing flies in formation over Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California. The mission of the 129th is to train and be prepared to perform its wartime mission of combat search and rescue anywhere in the world. Its personnel and aircraft locate and recover aircrew and non-aircrew personnel from both enemy-held and friendly territory and seas. In addition, the 129th provides manpower, materiel and equipment to conduct peacetime search and rescue operations in the Pacific Ocean and off the coast of California, and is one of only three Rescue Wings in the Air National Guard. The 129th has saved 292 lives since 1975, and six so far in 2001.

Base: San Francisco

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andrew J. Hughan, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files