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Well , this is the first Air Mobility

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Command asset C 130 J to experiment

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with external fuel tanks . AOC has them .

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Marine C 130 s have them . So they've

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been using them for years , but they

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use them for a little different purpose

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because they're air refuelers . So this

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is the first time an air mobility

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command . So a slick C 130 J United

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States version has had external tanks ,

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the C 130 E and H models all had

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external tanks and they give you just

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under 20,000 extra pounds of gas ,

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which could be between , depending on

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what else you're carrying between 1.5

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to maybe a little over three hours of

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extended range . And that allows us

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especially in a , in a Pacific theater

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where there's a lot of distance between

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islands and potential destinations for

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us to maybe get places on one hop that

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we couldn't have gotten before . So it

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allows us extended range and the

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ability to carry extra fuel for other

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operations . We might want to engage in

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the real heroes , I guess , were the

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staff who made this happen . So General

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Conley at A MC A 58 , it was , was

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instrumental in getting all this moving .

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And then Colonel Andrew Campbell , the

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deputy A three actually helped find the

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money . So , uh , and then the folks at

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Warner Robins who actually put the

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externals on as well as 3 17 ,

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maintenance personnel were the ones

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that went out there , put the externals

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on . Did all the tests got that ready .

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So that when Lieutenant Colonel Dunlap

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and our crew showed up to fly the thing

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back , it was ready to go safe for

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flight and we were able to go out and

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fly it home uneventfully which was ,

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which was the goal .