Testing and training complete

Marines To Deploy First KC-130J Harvest Hawk Kit This Month

/ October 8, 2010 at 9:32 PM
The Marine Corps will be deploying the first KC-130J Harvest Hawk kit to Afghanistan this month, the first of nine planned kits that will give the platform a precision fires and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability, according to Maj. Richard Roberts, KC-130 action officer. "Testing and training is complete, we had good success through the phase of the program, it was deemed safe and effective and air crew and systems deploy this month," Roberts said in an Oct. 6 interview...

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