C-130 Community Announcements & Promotions
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I am sitting here remembering the holidays and how I spent them while overseas!! I spent three of them at either Naha or CRB and they didn't mean as much to me as this one!! Having the chance to tell all of my "new" family MERRY CHRISTMAS means a lot!!! So, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you!!!!!!! Ken
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This is an official LM message. We are looking to hire an electrician and a structural mechanic right now for our field team site in MCAS Miramar, CA. Below are the minumum requirementss for these two jobs. The exact pay has not been given yet, but it will be close to $30.00 hr/ plus per-diem. The first few months, you will be TDY, so your housing will be taken care of. If you are qualified and interested, please call me(Daryl) at the LM staffing office at 864-236-3388 or email me [email protected] Aircraft Airframe System Technician Peculiar Skill Requirements: The Aircraft Airframe System Technician shall have the following skill requirements: (1) Five (5…
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I am working on a new book which should be available soon. It's called HAULING TRASH and is my personal memoir of my 12 years hauling trash in C-130s at Pope, Naha and Clark, C-141s at Robins and C-5s at Charleston and Dover. Check my author page on Amazon.com and it'll show up as soon as it goes in print, which should be within the next few days. Also, I have now made my C-130 flareship novel The Cave available on Kindle. Here's the link - http://www.amazon.com/The-Cave-ebook/dp/B009F6YOQG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
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Proposed Reunion. 374 TAW, 21st TAS, E-Flight at Naha, CCK, and Clark during the 1960s and 1970s. Contact Tommy Norton at (828)279-4803, [email protected] or Gary Robinson at (512)292-1629, [email protected]. Also, if anyone has any information or knows the whereabouts of any of the following please contact Gary Robinson at (512)292-1629 or [email protected]. Jerry M. Karr Team Leader/Crew Chief Thomas L Layo Asst Crew Chief, C-130A 56-0503 Daniel R. (Robby) Robertson Crew Chief, C-130A 56-0542 George M. (Mike) Dintleman Crew Chief, C-130A 56-0523 last in Georgia / Tennessee Gerald L. Depew Asst Crew Chief, C-130A 56-510 …
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All, The following was submitted through the Contact Us link on the site. Can anyone help them out or point them in the direction of some help? Casey To Whom it may concern, My name is Wayne Graham and I am trying to locate a C130 that can be used to fly relief supplies from Ft. Pierce Florida to Port Au Prince Haiti. I am helping an organization called Missionary Flights International..you can get more info on them at www.missionaryflights.org They have tons of donated supplies in their warehouse but lack the greatest transport plane ever designed for such a task..the C130. If you know of anyone who would like to save lives and make a difference, p…
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned it already, but the city of Abilene and Dyess AFB are having a big bash at the end of April to celebrate 50 years of C-130s at Dyess. The first ones stationed there were with the 64th Troop Carrier Wing and were C-130As from Sewart. In 1963 Dyess converted to Es and the 516th replaced the 64th - one squadron of A-models went back to Sewart and the other went to Elemendorf. The 463rd "replaced" the 516th (all paperwork) in 1972 then at some point they changed it to the 317th. They are inviting everyone who has ever been at Dyess in Herks to come back.
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We will be at the C-130 TCG this year. I would like to extend an invitation to all Herkybird folks to come by booth 312. Our Air Force programs manager, Derek Moffa will be there. If you have any questions, please call him at 817-798-0215. He is bringing some equipment for people to get a look at. H395 T56 Thermocouple Tester H391T-56-1 Tachometer Tester H394 Thermocouple, thermal switch, fire loop tester More importantly if you have any of our gear, we would appreciate any feed back so we can make any needed improvements.
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OBITUARY SUBMITTED BY: Wood Bean Family Memorial Center 2015 N. First Street, Jacksonville, AR Phone: 501-982-3400 James C. Farrar Jacksonville, AR 1934 - 2010 Published: August 18, 2010 James C. Farrar, 76, of Jacksonville, born May 4, 1934, passed away August 11, 2010. He was retired from the US Air Force and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross air medal and was the founder of the Ira Eaker Chapter of the Distinguished Flying Cross society. He is survived by his wife, Mary; two daughters, Debra Alexander of Meridian, Miss., and Deanne Walls of Smyrna, Tenn.; five sons, Mike, Steve, Gary, and Jeff all of …
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For those of you who knew him: Gene passed away Friday 14 March after a valient fight against cancer. No details as of yet on funeral or memorial services.
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Emmy Award Winning Company Seeks Freight Dogs! We’re developing an exciting new documentary TV series all about freight dogs. The series would air on a major US cable network. If you or anyone you know might be interested, please have them contact our casting producer: [email protected]
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The Berlin For Lunch Bunch (7405th & 7580th Ops Sq, Rhein Main AB, GE, 1975 - 1991) will be having its second reunion in Dayton, Ohio, 2 - 4 October 2009. We will be hosting the 7499th Group which was our predecessor organization who flew C-97, C-29, etc, out of Wiesbaden before switching to the C-130 in 1975 and moving to Rhein-Main. The reunion also coincides with the 60th anniversary of the completion of the Berlin Airlift (additional information of those activites can be obtained from the National Museum of the United States Air Force web site: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/) For additional information contact Mike Hushion at: [email protected]
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A lot of special ops guys will remember Bennie Fioritto. He was the commander of the 7th SOS @ Rhein Main back in the early 1980's. After retiring, he ran the Stars & Stripes bookstore in the MAC Terminal. What a great guy! Below is an excerpt from an email I got this morning. Don R. Subject: Re: Bennie Fioritto told me that in addition to Alzheimer, Bennie has had two open heart surgeries, the second one last June was unsuccessful and now has colon cancer which cannot be operated on because of his heart. He now has Hospice assistance.
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Hi, folks Just thought I\'d let you know that my book about the 167th Airlift Wing, THE SPEED OF HEAT: AN AIRLIFT WING AT WAR IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, has now been released. The book is an oral history of the WVANG Martinsburg unit\'s activities since 9/11, with about 70 members telling their stories in their own words. It includes not just fliers, but maintainers, aerial porters, aeromeds, etc. It\'s available from Amazon.com and other online booksellers, and any bookstore should be able to order it for you. It\'s also available from the publisher, McFarland and Company, through its website, www.mcfarlandpub.com. The ISBN number is 978-0-7864-3798-6. M…
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I have done some work on the list of airlift/C-130 related books I have had on the Internet for some time at www.sammcgowan.com/books.html. If possible, I've added a link to a particular book on Amazon so you can easily order them. Incidentally, I've found a few that I wasn't aware of before. I'll be adding new books as I learn about them. If anyone knows of any I've not listed, please drop me an Email at [email protected] and I'll add it.
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This October the 61st is going to be celebrating our 70th birthday in a big way! Stay tuned for more information but in the meantime, recruit all the Green Hornets you can find to like our FaceBook page. All former members will be playing a big part of our day. You could almost call it a reunion, of sorts. http://www.facebook.com/61stAS
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Linda Johnson, the wife of General H.T. Johnson, the former CG of MAC and an former member of the 41st TAS, passed away recently. Plans are under way for a service and burial at the Air Force Academy. JP
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All, I am no longer with my previous employer and regrettably no longer working with the C-130 community. Please accept my sincere thank you for all the help, advice and humor the members of this board have provided over the years. I’ll drop in from time to time to stay caught up, but again I really needed to express my thanks and heart felt appreciation for everyone here. Eric aka Jetcal1
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www.moveteranaid.org works with any eligible veteran at absolutely no cost in their efforts to get up to $20,000 per year through the VA Aid and Attendance benefit. Even those who previously thought they were not qualified may be able to begin receiving payments. We work with families of vets (Veterans and their spouses, widows and kids) in order to help place seniors in assisted living communities where they can begin receiving aid. We're ddicated to providing this free service to over 1 million eligible veterans of WW II, Korea and the Vite Nam War.
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Hi Guy's. Trev in Sana'a is now Trev in the Uk after escaping the country last week after a very exciting last year there. Sorry I've not kept in touch the last year but electricity and Internet were only available for about an hour a day. Looking for work anywhere so if anybody has anything pls drop me a line. A word of warning gents. Aston Aviation of Singapore dumped me there during the worst of the fighting in Sana'a with no salary, unpaid bonuses or even a ticket home. Had to sign on to fly with the Air Force to earn the cash to get home. Best Rgds, …
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Bob DeHass sent me this might be of interest to some on this board. Muff NC-based Air Force wing is seeking technicians, other specialties By Associated Press 3:03 AM EDT, March 21, 2009 POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina-based Air Force unit is seeking people willing to join the service to fill dozens of jobs. The 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Air Force Base says it needs 44 full-time technicians and dozens of part-time workers. Interested applicants must join the Air Force Reserve. The wing has vacancies for workers in aircrew life support, flight operations, computers and information technology, personnel and human resources and aero…
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Art Anderson and I were having trouble finding info about the reunion on the site so he asked that I make a post for those who may be interested. The 2013 463rd Airlifters Association Reunion will be held Wednesday September 18 – Sunday September22, 2013 at the Hope Hotel in Dayton, Ohio. See the attached PDF for more info. AAdnderson2013a.pdf
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No one seems to have mentioned it yet but Ralph Krach, who was once active on the old C-130 forum, passed away back in July. Here is his obituary. http://www.riemannfamily.com/obituaries/Ralph-Krach/ My first encounter with Ralph was in the fall of 1965 and TDY to Mactan and flying the new Bangkok Shuttle. Early one evening around sundown we went into Taklhi, Thailand with a load of hazardous cargo and were parked on the hazardous cargo ramp. The aerial port ramp tramp told me there was going to be a delay for our outbound load because of a high priority mission. A few minutes later, an unmarked C-130A pulled in and parked beside us next to an Air Force flatbed loaded wi…
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Compass Call's 30th to be held in Tucson. https://einvitations.afit.edu/CompassCall30thAnniversary132/anim.cfm Check'em out on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_72466695008
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MSgt Shawn Michael Kovach, 34, died Wednesday, February 3 at his home in Harrisburg. Kovach served in the U.S. Air Force from 1993 - 1999 and has been a member of the Air National Guard 193rd Special Operations Wing, Middletown, PA, from 1999 to-date. Most recently, he served as a Loadmaster Instructor. Kovach was a decorated veteran, having been deployed in Haiti, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, England, and elsewhere worldwide. A 1993 graduate of Central Dauphin East High School and a 2003 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, Kovach's military achievements included: Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Aerial Achievement Medal; Joint Meritorious Unit Award with o…
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I'm sorry I didn't post this when it happened on September 1st, 2011, but I've been off the board for awhile. I am finally retired from the Air Force! By finally, I mean I took the long road. I started in the Army back in 83, got out after Desert Storm, went Army Guard, then Air Guard, then back on active duty in the Air Force. I made MSgt in '09, and waited until my commitment was up after transferring my GI Bill to Son #1. (Whew! Wears me out just typing it!) Anyway, my last four years and change was as a Herk FE at Dyess in the 40th. All of the FEs are in the 39th or on to new aircraft by now I hear, however. I can consider myself one of the last FEs in that…
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