C-130 General
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Here are some photos from the 2012 TCTAA meeting in Warner Robins, GA. Stony Burk and Don Short in front of C-124. They were both in Shakies before they went to Herks, Stony at Evreux then at Clark, Orlando and Langley. Next is Don Short, Jim Tomlinson and Sam McGowan, all 35th TCS LMs. Memorial Service in C-130A, Sam McGowan and Stony Burk in C-130A,(Stony is stricking the SEA LM pose - in the left troop door.) Ralph emis and Charlie Armistead (2), Ralph Bemis, Bob Patterson, Major Award They caught me completely by surprise when they presented that glass sculpture to me. It is a very gracious award. I am looking at it right now. Tom Stalvey had…
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In January, the first AC-130H to AMARG 69-6570 arrived and another MC-130P 69-5823 arrived. Also interesting the only USAF C-130H in AMARG 74-2062 left. To where I don't know? Three Herks left: 63-7778 and 68-10934 went to beer cans in Tucson and the last A in AMARG 56-0494 left, probably to beer cans? Bob
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At elevation AMSL 1,814 ft / 553 m is Jalalabad considered a hot-and-high takeoff airport for a C-130J?
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Pima
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A year ago the TCTAA was in Tucson. One of our trips was to Pima. Here are a few pictures. The people standing next to the A-model are me and Bob Steele, who was in the 35th with me at Naha 66-67. (That airplane needs paint!) Bob Steele is in the first photo in the preceding post. Here are some more photos from Pima. The individual is Mike Schmid, 35th TCS LM, the second is Jim Tomlinson and Bob Steele, 35th LMs and the third is Steel and Schmid with Bill Goodall, 374th FMS, in the middle. More TCTAA at Pima - Mike Welch and Ray Snedegar; Steele, Tomlinson and Schmid with Bill Goodall and Jim Esbeck in the background; Mike Schmid, Ralph Bemis…
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Haven't been around much at all the past few months. Lots of reasons why, no one reason, but pile them all up and I just haven't made it here. Anyway, last week Wednesday just outside of Butte, Montana I saw something amazing. Two C-130 fuselages each wrapped in blue shrink wrap, each strapped to a BNSF RR flat car headed west. As we were headed east to Columbus and a visit with Ken I did not turn around and follow. Anyone out there (Bob?) have any idea of what was going on? By the way, I did not see any wings, stabilizers, landing gear, etc. tinwhistle aka Chris
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AMARG came out with a new list of aircraft. Some answers some question? Anyone who can fill in the gaps please help! Bob AC-130U 90000163 09/22/15 The first U boat to AMARG C-130H 73001597 10/05/15 Cracked Gear C-130H 78000809 09/29/15 C-130H 79000474 09/28/15 C-130H 82000058 10/05/15 End of the Fiscal Year, dumping H’s HC-130H 00001700 10/01/15 Not previously identified for the Forest Service? To? HC-130P 65000976 09/17/15 HC-130P 64014864 09/17/15 HC-130P 64014853 09/29/15 HC-130P 65000970 09/28/15 Four from Patrick, corrosion reported, left only 1 P at Patrick, they got 2 replacements from Moody KC-130R 00160626 09/01/15 There were 3 KC-130F’s and 3 KC-13…
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Anyone know which one? Robins AFB gets new C-130H for training by Jenny Gordon 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs 10/9/2015 ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — An aircraft that had been flying since 1974 has made Robins its final resting place. The September 29 arrival of a retired C-130H will not only enable maintenance professionals across Robins to have a dedicated aircraft for training purposes, but it will be a welcome addition to the two F-15s that no longer have to sit by themselves on the 402nd Aircraft Maintenance Group's aircraft training pad. "This is a huge advantage not just for Warner Robins, but the entire world," said Senior Master Sgt. Shawn Davis, 373r…
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Hi, I am probably not the first one asking here, but. Is there a source for good C-130 3-views, including fuselage sections? I/we want to build a scale RC model; some good resources to make CAD-drawings are essential. Thanks! jan brilman (Netherlands)
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On 22 Jun 13 C 130 made a maiden ldg at dharasu airfield which is 3000' high and 3000' X 60' in dimensions during the flood relief ops in Uttarakhand area of India... the approach was really scary due to hilly terrain and unfavorable weather... really good job done..
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A C130J was lost at Jalalabad airfield and all six service and five civilian were lost. The aircraft from 774 expeditionary squadron serial is at moment unknown. We ask our dear Lord to keep these souls safely in his arms and bring comfort to their loved ones. Regards Col For consolidation purposes, all posts in this thread were moved to the here. --Casey
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c-130 fuselage is divided int 3 imaginary lines FS, WL and BL. it is mentioned BL zero line but FS started from 30.4 and WL started 105.4 , where is zero line of FS and WL Munir ABBASI
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179th Airlift Wing Mansfield, Ohio https://www.facebook.com/clevelandbrowns/videos/10153703600809684/
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Article in this months AF Association mag states that LT.Gen Clark ANG chief says AMP and other upgrades are a must for legacy C-130H's. Here we go again! Bill
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I am working on an update to the Canadian herks. All four B's left a long time ago, 1 W/O and three to Columbia. All the E's are parked (Broken Up, Stored or W/O) except 307 which is still flying. 313 is preserved at Trenton and 328 is preserved at Greenwood. There are some hulks waiting to be beer cans at Cascade, last count 308, 319, 325,327 and 342 (an H) were waiting. Ones I am not sure of are 305, last at Winnipeg, maybe for the Museum? 323 last seen at Trenton? BTW 315 is a GIA at Trenton. Any help on 305 and 323? Thanks Bob
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Recently read that 148897 one of the last flying KC-130F's was written off in a ground accident at VX-30 at Point Mugu. Anyone know about it? Was the airplane scrapped? Thanks Bob
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Hi folks, I was looking up some pictures of 64-18240 (PN4105) for a friend and was looking at the data base on C-130.net on the plane and seen it was apparently at one time assigned to the Swedish Air Force and also used by Air America. That is the only place I have found that info, I can't seem to find anything to back it up. You guys have any more on this? Here is a link to what I found. http://www.c-130.net/aircraft-database/C-130/airframe-profile/7031/
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Spookies Reprieved Four AC-130U Spooky gunships previously slated for retirement will soldier on to meet added operational demand in Iraq and Syria and cover for delays needed to put a 105-millimeter gun on the new AC-130J. "Because of the demand created by the new threat, I chose not to retire those airplanes—that's one reason, and the second is that the AC-130J was going to move to the right a little bit on the schedule," Air Force Special Operations Command boss Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold said at ASC15. "The crews that are going to man the AC-130J are coming out of these legacy platforms, so the plan was to retire three AC-130Us in Fiscal Year 15 and two more…
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Well today we started to paint Ghost Rider in the colors she wore toward the end of her tour in Viet Nam, solid black with red FT and serial number on the vert fin. We are lucky to have a pic of her in these colors while in VN. All other numbers etc. will be in red We at the Marietta Museum of Aviation pressure washed the old gray chalking paint off for these past several weeks and sanded her quite a bit. We had 2 sprayers going and covered a great deal in only 4 hours today. We had a great team working on the old Herk and it shows. Included are a few pics. Will keep the site updated as we gett'er done and put all the lipstick on. Bill
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C- 130 hercules , hercules is brand name of c-130 or any other history munir abbasi
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I have uploaded some new patches to the Gallery, under C-130 & unit Patches. Take a look and add some if you have them. "Dutch"
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Anyone know what King Fisher or Fisher King aircraft refers to with regard to HC-130Ns? I'm looking in a database and there is a comment that states this is a Fisher King/King Fisher Aircraft.
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Rumor has it that 404,407,410,411 and 412 have been scrapped for parts? Can anyone confirm it? Thanks Bob
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Just out in the Sept 2015 American Legion Magazine
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Morning Gentlemen, can some one explain what happens if u reverse at high speed, and what is the recommended speed to reverse a c130 and what speed should one come out of reverse.
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