39th RQS conducts FARP training

Staff Sgt. Jin Chang, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, runs with a jug of water during Forward Area Refueling Point training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022. FARP provides the fuel necessary for helicopter and fixed-wing operations to continue their mission while reducing the vulnerability of forward deployed forces by taking gas from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and passing it into another airframe on the ground using a system of hoses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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39th RQS conducts FARP training

Staff Sgt. Jin Chang, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, listens as Staff Sgt. Tyler Boyer, 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron Forward Arming and Refueling Point hose deployment Airman, provides instructions during FARP training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022. FARP provides the fuel necessary for helicopter and fixed-wing operations to continue their mission while reducing the vulnerability of forward deployed forces by taking gas from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and passing it into another airframe on the ground using a system of hoses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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39th RQS conducts FARP training

Staff Sgt. Jin Chang, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, gives a hand signal to Master Sgt. Andrew Zema, 39th RQS loadmaster, during Forward Arming and Refueling Point training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022. FARP provides the fuel necessary for helicopter and fixed-wing operations to continue their mission while reducing the vulnerability of forward deployed forces by taking gas from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and passing it into another airframe on the ground using a system of hoses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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39th RQS conducts FARP training

Staff Sgt. Jin Chang, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, rolls a hose back toward an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft during Forward Arming Refueling Point refresher training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022. FARP provides the fuel necessary for helicopter and fixed-wing operations to continue their mission while reducing the vulnerability of forward deployed forces by taking gas from the HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and passing it into another airframe on the ground using a system of hoses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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39th RQS conducts FARP training

Staff Sgt. Jin Chang, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, pulls a squeegee to manually force fuel remaining in a hose back into an HC-130J Combat King II during Forward Arming and Refueling Point refresher training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022. FARP provides the fuel necessary for helicopter and fixed-wing operations to continue their mission while reducing the vulnerability of forward deployed forces by taking gas from the HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and passing it into another airframe on the ground using a system of hoses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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39th RQS conducts FARP training

Staff Sgt. Tyler Boyer, 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron Forward Arming and Refueling hose deployment Airman, rolls a hose back toward an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft as Staff Sgt. Brandon Avery, 1st SOLRS FARP hose deployment Airman, and Staff Sgt. Jin Chang, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, observe during FARP refresher training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022. FARP provides the fuel necessary for helicopter and fixed-wing operations to continue their mission while reducing the vulnerability of forward deployed forces by taking gas from the HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and passing it into another airframe on the ground using a system of hoses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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39th RQS conducts FARP training

Master Sgt. Andrew Zema and Staff Sgt. Jin Chang, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmasters, work with Staff Sgt. Tyler Boyer, 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron Forward Arming and Refueling Point deployment Airman, during FARP refresher training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022. FARP provides the fuel necessary for helicopter and fixed-wing operations to continue their mission while reducing the vulnerability of forward deployed forces by taking gas from the HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and passing it into another airframe on the ground using a system of hoses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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39th RQS conducts FARP training

An HC-130J Combat King II aircraft sits on the flight line while 39th Rescue Squadron Airmen conduct Forward Arming and Refueling Point refresher training and another HC-130J takes off for routine training Nov. 17, 2022, at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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39th RQS conducts FARP training

Published Nov. 18, 2022

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. Jin Chang, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, runs with a jug of water during Forward Aera Refueling Point training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022. FARP provides the fuel necessary for helicopter and fixed-wing operations to continue their mission while reducing the vulnerability of forward deployed forces by taking gas from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and passing it into another airframe on the ground using a system of hoses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)