wysongj Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 I was wondering if anyone had any pictures of these H2s. They are going through conversion to WC-130s down at Dobbins? I worked them when thy were slicks at Charlie West, 130th AW. I would really love to see 1302, 1306 and 1307. 88-1307 was my plane. Hope the Special ops guys have as good of a time on them as we did. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Actually going to MC-130W, I sent Casey pictures of all of them, he should post them soon. If you can\'t wait post your address and I\'ll send them to you. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysongj Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 [email protected] Thanks guys, I can\'t wait to see my old girls!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Sent Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysongj Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 Thanks for the pictures. I\'ve seen a few on airliners.net. If you need, our would like some more, I have a few, even the 130ths 94 and 95 models that we got from Martinsburg WV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Sure I\'d like to see any you can send. Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I saw 1305 down at Depot in June. She looked complete and sure looks pretty as a W-model with the new paint. I\'m sad to see her not be a slick though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysongj Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 One of my favorite stories about the \"88\"s we had was in February of 2005. We were flying out of Karshi- Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan. We started the day loading up 88-1302 with CDS bundles (all water and food). As a crew chief I always liked to help push the loads and help out the loadmasters when we were not busy pre-flighting. Well, CDS drops are nothing special, so none of us thought anything of this cold day at K2. When 1302 returned, the pilot was very happy and excited. He told us about what happened that day, that instead of dropping to U.S. troops (which is very important, and gives you a good feeling) they had dropped to a village in the mountains of Afghanistan. The hard winter had cut this village off from the rest of the world, they had no food and no access to anything. We dropped to them, which helped them get through the winter. It gave me a good feeling to know that I was part of somthing more than just flying troops, or KBR (Kellog, Brown and Root) around. Reuters News was there on the ground, they fly in on a UH-60 I\'m sure and we got some cool pictures from them. Not sure how to add images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey1308 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 i work on these planes. 1308 is mine. they are doing great. 1307 is a good plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysongj Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Thats good to hear.1308 was always a good girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZHill Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 bobdaley wrote: Actually going to MC-130W, I sent Casey pictures of all of them, he should post them soon. If you can\'t wait post your address and I\'ll send them to you. Bob PLEASE SEND A SET TO [email protected] Got lottsa hours in these fine acft. RZ Hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 RZ They are in the mail. Last I heard 5,7,8 are Wombats. 1,3,4,6 are in conversion at Robins 2 is still at Boise Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Bob, when did you send the photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Casey about 1 hour ago 1245 CST Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Herk Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Currently at Warner-Bubba helping 339th get MC-H through FCF & providing some MC-H specific training for them. Seen a few birds going through wombat conversion... Also saw 0011 sitting in the CWB jig (moved in yesterday) for first (new production) CWB for T2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZHill Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Do you have any photo\'s of 1301-1308 as converted? Those I would like to have. RZ Hill I don\'t sorry Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysongj Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 I would also love to see some pictures of them converted, from anyone. On Jetphoto.net I did find a picture of 1307 converted. Looks good, but I would love to see more. [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey1308 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 1307w at portland airport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in WV Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 New here. 88-1305 was the fastest of the eight (1301-1308) by a few knots. I flew with the 130th from 1982-2002. I started on the E models we got right out of SEA. We got the H models Jackson,MS had next and then the H2's from the factory. The '88' H models were the best for comfort and mission capability. I loved flying them all but 1301-1308 were my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweeneyhj Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I would like to see the pictures of the C-130's that you sent Bob?? I worked on them or flew on them one or other in my career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 speaking of 06 which is my sups plane we flew a black letter bout 4/5 months ago..as for the mods i dont think 06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalbasher Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 So all of them (88-1301 thru 88-1308) are going to Whiskeys? Are they then moving to Cannon or what...don't think the DARB has a Whiskey mission. I know they converted from a training mission to an operational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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