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Watch: One of the most unique aerial refueling operations ever!

Have you ever seen anything like this? A KC-130 refueling a helicopter that just happens to be carrying a Humvee.

A KC-130J Hercules, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 234, is staged on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 23, 2017. VMGR-234 assisted Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 in an aerial refueling training operation to maintain interoperability.

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Have you ever seen anything like this? A KC-130 refueling a helicopter that just happens to be carrying a Humvee.

A KC-130J Hercules, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 234, is staged on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 23, 2017. VMGR-234 assisted Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 in an aerial refueling training operation to maintain interoperability.

U.S. Marine Corps video by PFC Daniellel Mills

Looks like this is routine for the Marines!

 

 

Featured image of two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-772 (HMM-772) receiving fuel from a KC-130 Hercules while each transport High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles by U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paula M. Fitzgerald. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

This article is courtesy of Fighter Sweep.

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