Sumos Over Japan!

[Matthew Clements]

Afternoon,
During October 2015 I was fortunate enough to work with the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152) "Sumos" who operate the KC-130J out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni which is locatedin the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. Here are some shots from my time with VMGR-152 the the most forward deployed KC-130J Hercules unit in the entire USMC.

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If you want to learn more about VMGR-152 and their operations with the KC-130J there is a full feature in the February 2016 Edition of AIR International Magazine:-



SUMOS
Matthew Clements reports from the KC-130J-equipped VMGR-152 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

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Cheers,
Matt

[reheat module]

Cracking set of images.
Good story too.

[DanBeeden]

Magnificent, inspiring photography.

What more can you say?!

[matt e]

superb

[Stu]

Superb mate as always just love the cockpit shots

[TonyO]

Splendid stuff Matt, great coverage of a little-covered unit.

[zoomer]

Bravo! Great stuff Matt, some superb pix there.

[Sparts99]

Air to air shots with prop blur are excellent. How did the crew feel about a flash being used in the cockpit?

[bigcrow]

Lovely Matt...

[markranger]

Super Stuff Matthew,

Was meaning to have a chat with you at Frisian Flags Apologies.

Mark.

[GummyBe4r]

Lovely stuff Matt

[richpittman]

stunning selection Matt

[paddyboy]

Hi Matt

Nothing less than I would expect from a fellow Naaridge Booy

Stunning pics, all

B-I-g thanks for sharing

Paddyboy

[14meggy]

Lovely Matthew, always a pleasure to look at your work

[maverick]

Love the cockpit night shot

[Matthew Clements]

Air to air shots with prop blur are excellent. How did the crew feel about a flash being used in the cockpit?

Absolutely fine, but I always ask prior to using it anyway. As the flight progressed into the night they started using NVGs so the flash was dismounted from that point to even avoid accidental firing.

Glad everyone enjoyed the set, a really wonderful squadron with frantastic personnel.