---
title: "Enjoy Your Moment Of Zen With A.G. Bill Barr As He Stares Out The Back Of A C-130"
description: "The embattled Attorney General is on a tour of Alaska and he ended up hitching a ride of Hercules transport due to some logistical issues."
date: "2019-06-01"
modified: "2019-06-01"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/28328/enjoy-your-moment-of-zen-with-a-g-bill-barr-as-he-stares-out-the-back-of-a-c-130"
categories:
  - "Air"
  - "Americas"
  - "Around The Globe"
  - "C-130"
  - "News & Features"
  - "Transports"
  - "U.S. Homeland"
tags:
  - "211th RS"
  - "Alaska"
  - "Attorney General"
  - "Bill Barr"
  - "C-130"
  - "Combat King II"
  - "HC-130J"
  - "Moment Of Zen"
---

# Enjoy Your Moment Of Zen With A.G. Bill Barr As He Stares Out The Back Of A C-130

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-twz/content/2019/06/jjmnn.jpg>)
*www.twz.com*

Attorney General Bill Barr had what appeared to be a very peaceful moment as he rode aboard an Alaska Air National Guard C-130 on Friday. Strapped into an elevated spotters seat adjacent to the airlifter's rear paratrooper door, Barr quietly sat transfixed as he gazed out of the C-130's open rear ramp and onto the majestic Alaskan terrain passing by below. For one of the most polarizing figures in Washington, D.C. today, a guy who became embattled in political controversy from pretty much the day he took office, the flight must have been a nice reprieve from the realities of his job.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1134255756088266753

The Hercules mission reportedly occurred due to a mix up in logistics and was not planned long in advance, but the places the Attorney General was traveling to may have required the C-130's short and rough field capabilities. Barr is touring Alaska to discuss justice and law enforcement matters with the local powers that be. This included making stops at remote villages to [discuss combating high rates of crime](<https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-05-29/barr-in-alaska-to-talk-native-violence-not-mueller-remarks>) in some of these native communities.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1134171574297341953

The aircraft used likely belonged to the 211th Rescue Squadron of the Alaska Air National Guard. The unit flies the HC-130J Combat King II.

![message-editor%2F1559433219246-21077247\_948846995281624\_8049961976206946503\_n.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor%2F1559433219246-21077247_948846995281624_8049961976206946503_n.jpg>)
*A 211th RS HC-130J refueling from an Alaska ANG KC-135R., *211th RS Facebook Page**

Even though some U.S. Government agency execs [have a dizzying array](<https://www.twz.com/23087/usaf-upgrading-another-c-32-air-force-2-interior-for-16m-heres-what-the-first-looks-like.md>) of [military](<https://www.twz.com/14718/mattis-used-the-usafs-flying-airstream-trailer-pod-silver-bullet-on-afghanistan-trip.md>) and [civilian transportation options](<https://www.twz.com/10143/comeys-final-flight-and-the-dojs-controversial-gulfstream-private-jets.md>), sometimes grabbing a nearby C-130 is the best possible option.

I wonder what was going through Barr's mind as the C-130 churned away over the Alaskan wilderness?

*Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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