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Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron(VMGR) 152 refuel MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircrafts with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, during air delivery ground refueling training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 20, 2015. The KC-130J aircraft is capable of carrying more than 12,000 gallons of fuel and simultaneously refueling two aircraft at 300 gallons a minute. This ability, along with many others, makes VMGR-152 and their aircraft an important asset to Marine Corps’ aviation. - Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron(VMGR) 152 refuel MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircrafts with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, during air delivery ground refueling training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 20, 2015. The KC-130J aircraft is capable of carrying more than 12,000 gallons of fuel and simultaneously refueling two aircraft at 300 gallons a minute. This ability, along with many others, makes VMGR-152 and their aircraft an important asset to Marine Corps’ aviation.

Lance Cpl. Eric M. Wanczak, a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 loadmaster, opens a panel so he can tighten one of the cargo locks necessary for keeping cargo pallets in place in preparation for a humanitarian mission to Sendai, Japan, as part of Operation Tomodachi here March 25. Pallets loaded onto C-130s typically have teeth that will interlock directly with the sides of the aircraft cargo bay. - Lance Cpl. Eric M. Wanczak, a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 loadmaster, opens a panel so he can tighten one of the cargo locks necessary for keeping cargo pallets in place in preparation for a humanitarian mission to Sendai, Japan, as part of Operation Tomodachi here March 25. Pallets loaded onto C-130s typically have teeth that will interlock directly with the sides of the aircraft cargo bay.