C-130 General
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So when did the spelling (or in this case the abbreviation) for Hercules change?? I don’t remember the alternate spelling showing up until roughly when the J started showing up. Is this coincidental ,or do I just hate the J that much? Or, am I just getting too old & grumpy?? I thought each generation was supposed to get smarter than the previous...
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What a powerful image of what this weekend is about.
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hello i am structure repair man i have any question so i write this post i knew LS4211 when i read SRM i shall make repair member with above material what is LS4211?(it is same 2024-T4?) what is LS spec?
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No load from Danang to TSN at the end of a crew day...Minimum fuel....Lets see how high we can get it... I had the best A/C on my crew that ever sat in the pilot seat.....He shall remain nameless however we got up to 36,500 feet with an empty plane and minimum fuel....It was a record at the time. Wondering if anybody beat it in an E Model... This was after take off at Da Nang where he got to 50 feet off the ground, cleaned it up and we were going about 250 knots as we crossed the end of the runway. He yanked the yoke in his lap and did a hard bank to the left and pulled off a wing over.....The tower just said...."Spare 223" that was pretty cool and good night.... …
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A/c 405 had a little oops at AFB Waterkloof this afternoon ....
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Just checking in to see how you all are doing out there!!
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To those who celebrate it: HAPPY EASTER
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Last weekend an LC-130H was noted at Westover ARB with eightbladed engines, like a C-130J. Never seen this before, so the question is, who knows more about this mod? Is the aircraft stil designated LC-130H or something different? thnx Dennis Peteri
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I stole this photo from another group. Don R.
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https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/air-tanker-fighting-bushfires-reportedly-crashes-in-snowy-mountains-20200123-p53u3r.html?fbclid=IwAR3FAe-8hAy_pryivcTGMSgPMvGAdkNZ9sASunZ-_I3EnIEpbzPzFsombX0
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C130, tail number 403, has crashed at Goma, DRC. All on board ok. Still waiting for more info
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Hello I have been trying to work out the visual differences between the transport/airlifter variants of the different C-130H models and earlier variants. For example how can I person identify a C-130H from a C-130G or C-130B or C-130E etc? Are their differences in shape of cabin window or engine nacelles or different escape doors etc. I have been looking at this on and off over the past 3 weeks. As of yet I have not really been able to identify any significant differences. Of course my eyes are not great. Well thanks for taking the time to read this and all the best.
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Make that 366 days this year:
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The 353rd SOG bids farewell to the Combat Talon II By 1st Lieutenant Renee Douglas, 353rd Special Operations Group / Published December 20, 2019 Kadena Japan -- After 24 years of service in the Pacific region the last of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft returned to Hurlburt Field, Fla. Dec. 4, 2019. The earliest variant of the MC-130, the MC-130E Combat Talon, first flew in 1966 and saw extensive service in Southeast Asia, including the attempted rescue of Americans held at the Son Tay prisoner-of-war camp in 1970. In 1966, the 1st Special Operations Squadron (SOS) began flying the MC-…
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chile-plane-missing-human-remains-and-debris-c-130-hercules-air-force-plane-today-2019-12-12/ Unfortunate, Bird is former KC130R 160628. RIP to crew and pax.
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Great Veteran Day Service at Macon Memorial Park, Macon Ga.
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Behold The MC-130J Spec Ops Transport With Its Badly Needed Terrain Following Radar Installed Nearly all of the Air Force's MC-130Js do not have an adequate terrain-following/terrain avoidance capability to perform their low-level missions. By Joseph TrevithickMay 15, 2019 Lockheed Martin Screen Capture Lockheed Martin has released a video showing one of the first MC-130J Commando II special operations transports equipped with the Raytheon AN/APQ-187 Silent Knight terrain-following/terrain avoidance radar. The U.S. Air Force plans to upgrade the entire Commando II fleet to this new configuration in the coming years, giving the planes a nap-of-the-earth…
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Hi everyone, one of our herks have been giving VVI reading differences of up to 500 feet between pilot and copilot. The technicians have worked on it and one day the difference increases on pilot side , another the increase is on copilot side. Both indicators have been changed and the entire system flushed with nitrogen and still the problem persist, any help or advise. Thanks so much.
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Super Herculean Accomplishment: Global C-130J Fleet Surpasses 2 Million Flight Hours ATLANTA, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today the global community of C-130J Super Hercules operators recently surpassed 2 million flight hours. These hours were logged beginning with the C-130J's first flight on April 5, 1996, through the end of July 2019. Twenty-two operators from 18 nations contributed to this achievement, adding hours through multiple missions including combat, transport, aerial refueling, special operations, medevac, humanitarian relief, search and rescue, weather reconnaissance, firefighting and commercial freigh…
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This is my grandson Charlie in front of a new C-130J He said this is for Papaw!!
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I don't know if this has been posted before, but I was looking at the interwebs and found this: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000677710 Really took me back to the days of old. It was neat to see some names I'd forgotten . . . Kim
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Saludos, amigos del chat, por favor ,necesito saber más o menos cuantas personas son requeridas para la realización de una inspección faseada de 200 hrs, gracias
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Interesting article: https://www.dm.af.mil/Media/Article-View/Article/1940777/ac-130u-spooky-gunship-rolls-into-retirement/fbclid/IwAR10UFtKav9cS9AHUVtfE5XAiRDq69CCjKO47XmnuoIV0FYjmKI0XxO1I3U/
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