C-130J Employs ACE Concepts During Cope North 21

C-130J Employs ACE Concepts During Cope North 21

Credit: Master Sgt. Larry Reid Jr. | Date Taken: 02/16/2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan load two aerial bulk fuel delivery system bladders onto a C-130J Super Hercules to refuel four U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs at Northwest Field during the agile combat employment phase of Exercise Cope North 21, February 16, 2020, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Cope North 21 marks the first time the F-35A Lightning IIs have participated, and today’s sortie is the first time a 5th generation platform has landed at Northwest Field. (U.S. Air Force video by Master Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)