Second Armed Marine Corps Tanker Heads To Theater

PARIS — The second Harvest Hawk, a C-130 tanker modified to provide covering fire to Marines on the ground, is headed to Afghanistan by the end of August, says Lt. Gen. Terry Robling, the Marine commandant for aviation. The fires offered by the first Harvest Hawk, already supporting the war effort...

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