The Lockheed HC-130 is an extended-range, search and rescue (SAR)/combat search and rescue (CSAR) version of the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft, with two different versions operated by two separate services in the U.S. armed forces.
Lockheed HC-130
A USAF HC-130P refuels an HH-3E Jolly Green Giant, 1968.
USCG HC-130H on International Ice Patrol duties
USCG HC-130H departs Mojave
Combat search and rescue (CSAR) are search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones.
An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter comes in for a landing during a combat rescue training exercise.
Richard Bell-Davies conducted the first combat S&R mission in his aircraft during the First World War.
A Sikorsky HH-53B refueling during the Vietnam War.
Pararescuemen return with a downed pilot from a successful rescue mission in southern Iraq (2003).