MC-130E Combat Talon I

The Lockheed MC-130 is the basic designation for a family of special mission aircraft. It is a a low level clandestine penetration aircraft suitable for Special Forces operations.

Based on the C-130 Hercules transport, their mission is the infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply of special operations forces, and the air refueling of (primarily) special operations helicopter and tilt-rotor aircraft.

On October 6, 1995, the Air Force began shifting the Combat Talon I force to the Air Force Reserve Command's 711th Special Operations Squadron based at Duke Field.