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‘We’re leaking fuel and we might be on fire’ How a Pair of KC-130J Pilots, Crew Saved Their Plane After a Collision with an F-35

22 June 2022

A Marine KC-130 crash lands in California Sept. 29, 2020.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The first F-35B Lightning II pulled up to the KC-130J Super Hercules aerial tanker, took its sip of fuel from the left-wing tank and pulled away, just as planned.

The Miramar-based KC-130J – call sign “Raider 50” – was flying the Sept. 29, 2020 refueling mission to support the fall class of the Weapons and Tactics Instruction Course run by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, based at Marine Corps Air Station...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/21/were-leaking-fuel-and-we-might-be-on-fire-how-a-pair-of-kc-130j-pilots-crew-saved-their-plane-after-a-collision-with-an-f-35

Marines Release More Details on F-35B, KC-130J Collision

2 October 2020

A Marine KC-130 crash lands in California Sept. 29, 2020.

The Marine Corps has released new information about its F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that crashed earlier this week after a mid-air collision with a KC-130J tanker.

The F-35B, which crashed close to Ocotillo Wells, Calif., was assigned to the ‘Green Knights’ of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, a Marine Corps spokeswoman told USNI News. The KC-130J that made an emergency landing is assigned to the “Raiders” of Marine...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/01/marines-release-more-details-on-f-35b-kc-130j-collision

Marine Corps Finds 2018 Crash Investigation Had Flaws, Proposes New Safety Measures

3 July 2020

(From top left, clockwise) Lt. Col. Kevin R. Herrmann, Maj. James M. Brophy, Staff Sgt. Maximo A. Flores, Cpl. Daniel E. Baker and Cpl. William C. Ross

A review of two previous Marine Corps aviation mishaps and their subsequent command investigations concludes that “organizational culture and command climate” contributed to both a 2016 and 2018 mishap within 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Japan – and it adds that some conclusions made by the chain of command regarding the fatal 2018 crash were...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/02/marine-corps-finds-2018-crash-investigation-had-flaws-proposes-new-safety-measures

Marines’ Force Design 2030 May Allow MEUs Tailored for Different Geographies, Adversaries

2 April 2020

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines embarked aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD-20) operate assault amphibious vehicles during a rehearsal exercise with Royal Thai military in support of Cobra Gold 2020 on Feb. 27, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo

The Marine Corps’ new force design may allow East Coast expeditionary units to look much different than West Coast or Japan-based units, a nod to the complex but different environments they’ll operate in and...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/02/marines-force-design-2030-may-allow-meus-tailored-for-different-geographies-adversaries

Marine Investigation into Fatal Fighter, Tanker Crash off Japan

26 September 2019

The following is the recently released investigation into the Dec. 6, 2018 crash between an F/A-18D Hornet and a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft that killed six Marines and injured one off the coast of Japan.

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6431155-KCJAGAMN-TOTAL.html

Download document here.

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/26/marine-investigation-into-fatal-fighter-tanker-crash-off-japan

Marines: Lack of Training, Command Problems Contributed to Fatal 2018 Crash off Japan

23 September 2019

(From top left, clockwise) Lt. Col. Kevin R. Herrmann, Maj. James M. Brophy, Staff Sgt. Maximo A. Flores, Cpl. Daniel E. Baker and Cpl. William C. Ross

The Marine Corps found that pilot error, inadequate oversight of training and operations and an unprofessional command climate contributed to the Dec. 6 crash of an F/A-18D Hornet and a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft that killed six Marines and injured one.

The commandant of the Marine Corps may appoint a Consolidated Disposition Authority (CDA)...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/23/marines-lack-of-training-command-problems-contributed-to-fatal-2018-crash-off-japan

How to Seize Islands, Set Up a Forward Refueling Point: Marine Corps Recipes for Expeditionary Operations

13 September 2019

A Marine with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security during a simulated airfield seizure after a long-range raid from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 12, 2019. US Marine Corps photo.

The U.S. Marine Corps has been refining a pair of related concepts, Expeditionary Advance Base Operations (EABO) and the overarching Littoral Operations in a Contested...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/13/how-to-seize-islands-set-up-a-forward-refueling-point-marine-corps-recipes-for-expeditionary-operations

Marines Identify Remains Recovered from KC-130J Salvage Operation

26 June 2019

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 conducts Assault Landing Zone landings during Exercise Kodiak Mace at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 31, 2019. US Marine Corps photo.

The Marine Corps has identified the remains of three Marines recovered during a recent salvage operation to retrieve a KC-130J that crashed in December during a refueling mishap off of Japan.

Five Marines assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/26/marines-identify-remains-recovered-from-kc-130j-salvage-operation

Remains of Marines Lost in KC-130J Crash off Japan Recovered

10 June 2019

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 flies off the coast of Japan on Feb. 28, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

A salvage team recovered remains of Marines who were killed in a 2018 crash off the coast of Japan, III Marine Expeditionary Force said on Monday.

The KC-130J Hercules refueler, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152, crashed during a refueling with a Marine F/A-18D on Dec. 6, 2018.

Lt. Col. Kevin R....

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/10/remains-of-marines-lost-in-kc-130j-crash-off-japan-recovered

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