C-130 General
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Any Active Duty from Minneapolis
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Or from the northern suburbs of Minneapolis? If so give me a few months and contact me then about coming up and getting some free leave! Nathan
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Saw this on the Australian news this morning. All RAAF Hercules aircraft grounded Updated: 06:09, Wednesday September 17, 2008 The Defence Force has grounded its fleet of Hercules aircraft after an unusual fault prompted an emergency landing. A Defence spokeswoman has told Fairfax newspapers the fault was detected on Monday night during a training flight near Richmond, north-west of Sydney. She says a plane declared an emergency after its crew detected a fault with the nose-wheel. The crew called a mayday but landed safely at the Richmond Base 20 minutes later. Following the incident, all 24 of the RAAF\'s Hercules transport planes were grounded for all n…
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Has anybody seen the preposed new Enlisted rank structure for the fliers? Looks like the enlisted force is getting to pay for a C-17 , or two. RZ Hill
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I had this emailed to me today thought I would share. This apparently took place in Texas somewhere. Reminds me of my days at Dyess back in the late 70\'s early 80\'s. [img size=499]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/snake2.jpg
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-25-Philippines_N.htm MANILA (AP) — A C-130 military transport aircraft disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines with nine crew on board, and authorities launched a search and rescue operation, an official said Tuesday. The C-130 aircraft, one of two operated by the air force, lost contact within two minutes of taking off from Davao International Airport at 11:50 p.m. Monday (1550 GMT), and search efforts focused on a 20-mile (30-kilometer) radius around the airport, said Lt. Col. Pedrito Cadungong. only 2 active Herk in PAF ?
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Bob [img size=500]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/080708_mammoth_lake1.jpg
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snipped.... New York ANG LC-130 Flies First Operational Flight With New Props Sat, 27 Sep \'08 Aircraft Equipped With Hamilton Sundstrand NP2000 Propellers. A New York Air National Guard 109th Airlift Wing LC-130 aircraft equipped with Hamilton Sundstrand NP2000 propellers took its first operational flight on Tuesday, September 16, from the unit\'s base in Scotia, NY. The aircraft is the first of 12 New York Air National Guard C-130s planned for retrofit with Hamilton Sundstrand NP2000 propellers. The complete article is at: http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=8455a57d-a5f8-49f7-b816-f7e66a431d03&
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Picture of the week
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Nice to see my old unit in the spot light. Tom A
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A visitor to Cape Town for AAD 2008 ..... LC-130H 33300 Courtesy Dean Wingren, www.saairforce.co.za Courtesy Stuart Soden, Flight Zone Photograhy Courtesy Stuart Soden, Flight Zone Photograhy Courtesy Stuart Soden, Flight Zone Photograhy SAAF 409 Courtesy Cassie Nel, www.flyafrica.info Courtesy Cassie Nel, www.flyafrica.info
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I read in MAR that 3 of the K\'s at Lyneham had been withdrawn from use. 217,220,307. Is it true? What were they were witdrawn for? EBH, Center wing? Thanks bob
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This may have been THE most popular song during the Vietnam War. There are a number of C-130s shown in the video. Somma y\'all may recognize some of the tail numbers and locations. I know it wasn\'t filmed at Katum (aka: ka-BOOM!!!) \'cause we din\'t have mountains around us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZ-JBbQJIc&feature=related
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Hey Guys, Looking to return to the military. I need info on Maxwell. I checked the website, but it is the standard this a great place. What year are the planes? if anyone works there please feel free to contact me. Thanks
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off topic (F-4) 1 2
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It is not a Herk but us retirees have to make due with what we can: Just a heads up, I volunteer with the Collings folks out here in Houston, and we are just an engine run away from having our F-4D Phlying again. The bird has been down since 06 when she FOD\'d the #2 engine. The new J79 is in and it looks like we found the last leak (knock on wood) and should be able to get her run up,then up for a FCF. We have her repainted. She is no longer is the paint of Steve Ritchies 463. She now will fly as Robin Old\'s \"Operation Bolo\" aircraft 63-7680. The aircraft will be a tribute to the 8th FW and Robin Olds and also Major Martin who died in 680 when it crashed off th…
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MOVED: Another book
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Many of you have probably already seen this, but for you that haven\'t check out this link. http://www.air-attack.com/news/news_article/3239/First-A400M-Military-Transporter-Rolled-Out.html
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I watched a program last night where there were rocket engines built onto a C-130. It was built to stop in 1400\' and take off in 1800\'. When it would touch down 2 rocket engines on each side of the fusilage would act as reverse, and on take off there was a bounch of them helping it take off faster. It was to be used to rescue the hostages that were taken while carter(I think) was President. There was a video of the plane comeing in for a landing while in the testing phase. The rockets were ignited before the plane touched down and crashed. Does anyone else know anything about this?
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Does any one know if all of the original 7 C-130B\'s 401 to 407 are still flying for the SAAF? Thanks Bob
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Borrowed from the 7SOS web site A Few Good Navs! (Think Jack Nicholson in \"A Few Good Men.\" You want the truth, pilot? You can\'t handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has mountains, and those mountains have to be found by Navs with APN-59s. Who\'s gonna do it? You? You, Major Stick Monkey? We have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for a color copied chart and a decent box lunch, and you curse the Navs. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know—that a modified contour, while tragic, probably suppresses detection; and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, domina…
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I\'m just throwing this out to see what happens. I\'ve noticed since I started looking into some of these on- line groups that a lot, if not all, units had identifying patches and unit slogans and so forth. I was assigned to Pope in Jan. of 1964, crossed from B-47 to C-130 and in a matter of weeks started TDY. My B-4 bag was my bestest friend! I was hardly ever in N.C. Was eventually assigned permanently to CCK in 1966,if you\'re old enough, you know the rest of the story. We never had any unit patches, slogans, or stuff. Am I missing something or did the A.F. finally get around to realizing that we were there? Any thoughts?...Chris :unsure:
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While doing some surfing I came across this article and video. Article on how airplanes fly. Duh! But the video shows a Herc being assembled. Not rocket science but interesting. http://science.howstuffworks.com/airplane.htm
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Hey all, I need the c/n of this Herks: USAF 07-1468, 07-4635, 07-4636, 07-4637 and 07-4638 US Marines ??7923 and ??7924 Can anybody help me? Thank you! Regards Stephan
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\"Cape Lisburne, AK\": I work with the Indian Health Service (Federal Agency), we presently have the opertunity to acquire a Generator from this location and would like to make contact with the military regarding airlift. Can you help with any contacts? Radar
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Hi I was looking at Google Earth and saw 3 Herks being scrapped up at the North End of the Base. Anyone know which ones they are? Thanks Bob Have they got any new ones to replace them?
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I watched it on the National Geographics channel last night. I was hopeing they would show more of the planes, specially the C-130,s. They did for an instant flash a couple that had burned out. I left there in Nov. of 66 after a 17 month tour at Naha and where ever else they sent me. I went to Ubon for supposidely 60 days and had to sign a waver that I wouldn\'t take the 30 days off of my tour. When I got there they put me on swing shift tracking down specialest when the planes were about to abort the evening missions. I think I actually stayed there about 7 days and went back to Naha. And yes they did give me that 30 days on my early out, and I didn\'t complain o…