C-130 General
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Hi all, Just got this from Ramrod. Can anyone confirm that 62-1801 is at Ft Campbell? Thanks Bob I pulled this info from Joe Boughers serial number website: 1801 (c/n 382-3755) active and possessed by 146AW/115AS. Departed 146th AW Channel Islands ANGB, CA Aug 4, 2004 on loan to 124th WG Boise ID ANG. Seen at Little Rock ANG Nov 5, 2004. Temporarily loaned to Polish AF as 1508, returned to USAF Sep 2012. Seen at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in 2013.
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Does anyone know which ex RAAF H model is now Indonesia A1333? Even better does anyone have a list of the fates of all the ex RAAF H's? Thanks Bob
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I noticed an Air America type looking herk next to where I work. No tail number, just the N number N2731G above the troop door area. I don't ever remember seeing one like this before, from what I can tell Tepper flys this puppy. I wonder what the chances of me getting on board to look at it? Gary
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Is still an active aircraft?
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Air National Guard receives first HC-130J Combat King II June 1, 2017 (by Stephanie Stinn) - Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard today accepted the first HC-130J Combat King II assigned to an U.S. Air National Guard unit at the Lockheed Martin facility on June 1st. The Alaskan Air National Guard received its first HC-130J Combat King #14-5815 which departed for 211th RQS on June 1, 2017. This HC-130J will be operated by the 211th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 176th Wing stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.…
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I noticed that Google Earth has updated it's photos... Now the old ammo area to the northwest has been turned into large golf course.. 834 AD is gone.. Charlie Row is nearly gone Jack.......
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There is a herk up on the North end of Camp Pendleton, that I have not been able to identify. Hopefully someone can identify it. Here is a pic. Thanks Bob
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25 May, 2017, 17:43 ET MARIETTA, Ga., May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft achieved a critical milestone with the completion of its first flight here today. "I was proud to fly the first flight of our LM-100J. It performed flawlessly, as is typical of our military C‑130J new production aircraft," said Wayne Roberts, chief test pilot for the LM-100J Program. "This new model will perform many commercial roles in the decades to come, like humanitarian service following natural disasters and others like nuclear accident response, oil spill containment, and firefighting. This aircraft will also enabl…
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I read recently about the last Herks leaving AK ANG and also the Herks are leaving the 328 AS at Niagara. The 4 HC-130 from 211 RQS went to Patrick 60-2103,2104,93-2105, 2106 1 H from the 144AS went to 181AS at Carswell 89-1185 4H's from 328AS went to 357AS at Maxwell 89-1187,1188, 91-9141, 9142 Heard that the last 4 Niagara H's are going to 357 too, 91-9143, 9144,92-3021, 3022. Supposedly all Maxwell H's are going to the Boneyard. I have not heard anything about the remaining 144AS H's. Can anyone give us an update? 82-0057,0059,0060, 0061, 89-1182,1183,1184? bob
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Interesting: Easy to watch!
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Gentlemen As a former loadmaster currently drawing disability compensation from the VA, I have several strong suggestions to make: 1. MAKE YOUR CLAIM SOONER THAN LATER: Your disability benefits, when granted, will run retroactively from the date you made the claim. Once you file a claim, there will be plenty of time to gather data and documentation. 2. DON'T TRY TO HANDLE YOUR OWN CLAIM: I say this as a (now retired) attorney who did handle his own claim. The VA Regulations are quite complex, and there are many hurdles to clear. Go instead to a VSO (Veterans Service Organization) such as the DAV (Disabled American Veterans). Their services are free…
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Anyone remember the A model at CRB that hit a morter hole in the runway and tore the nose l/g from under it? I think the number was 55-0033, or 54-0033. The base Co. had a cable run through the cocpit windows to pull it off the runway but the cable tore out the front windows. What ever happened to it?
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Awesome plane!!
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63-7777 1 2 3
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Anybody have any photos of 63-7777. Crewed her from 1987-1990 at Yokota.
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This picture of (a very young) me was taken at Tuy Hoa sometime in 1968. Anybody remember the "City of Tuy Hoa" ??
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Compass Call cross-deck continues despite Bombardier protest 23 March, 2017 SOURCE: Flightglobal.com BY: Leigh Giangreco L3 Communications and the US Air Force will continue their Compass Call cross-deck effort, despite a recent protest from Bombardier over a possible sole-source contract. The protest will not affect the USAF’s Compass Call acquisition strategy, the service’s military deputy for the assistant secretary of the air force for acquisition says this week. L3 Communications will lead the US Air Force’s Compass Call cross-deck effort, which will transfer existing technology from the EC-130H onto a new aircraft, dubbed …
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These are some photos that I had posted several years ago. I believe they were lost during some transition from site to site. These are mostly from CRB during 1967-68. The ones of the damaged wheel well are from blind bat in Ubon Thailand. The plane took a round in the right wheel well and landed back at Ubon on fire. We repaired it enough to fly back to Naha, Okinawa. Some of the other photos are of Herky Hill at CRB. The totaled airframe was along side a taxiway at CRB. It had a problem during a low level air drop at Khe Sanh.
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http://www.wcvb.com/article/us-drops-largest-non-nuclear-bomb-on-afghanistan-battlefield-military-sources-say/9272073 All I can say is BOOOM!
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Yokota's first C-130J-30 14-5807 left Greenville for its new home today
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If you use Lockheed's SMP manuals, can you contact me. I need a reference out of them or access to them if possible. Thanks
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Watchin' some drivel last night about worst airports of ther world, several I been to, and one of them, Tegucigulpa, Hondorus, supposedly had a USAF plane crash there, in, I think, 1996. The video showed what looked for all the world like a Herk vertical stabilizer. The story stated 3 crew died. Knowing how freely and inaccurately Discovery, History, TLC and the like display historical information anymore, I was wonderin' if anybody out there was familiar with it. I was there atleast twice, in 1973, don't recall any particular diffciulty gettin' in, course I had a Ding How crew, but I DO remember the big black container that we hauled in on one of the missions. Dunno wha…
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SMsgt Richard Zimmerman of Frackville Pennsylvania passed at the age of 83 on Monday February 27. "Zimmy" was the former Chief Flight Engineer at the 913th at Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove Pennsylvania. Zimmy continued to fly after his AFRES retirement as a 747 FE for Flying Tigers and as a C-130 FE in the aerial firefighting industry for International Air Response for years 1993, 1994 and 1995 in France. Zimmy was born in Ringtown the son of the late Maurice "Hap" and Mabel Hodgert Zimmerman. He was a graduate of Frackville High School, Frackville Pennsylvania. He was a member of the American Legion Post 398, Masonic Lodge 737 and the B.P.O. Elks Lodge 1533 al…
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Does anyone have a copy of a post ISO / PDM aircraft / engine check sheet? I cant find mine and I hate to have to remake it.
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http://www.museumofaviation.org/C130.php
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From Air Force News, http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/1104487/afs-1st-hc-130-takes-its-final-flight-to-retirement.aspx PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- After more than 50 years of faithful service and rescue missions spanning the globe, King 52, the first HC-130P/N configured for Air Force rescue in 1964, retired March 6, 2017. Accompanied by its 920th Rescue Wing dedicated crew chiefs and a nostalgic aircrew, the aircraft, tail number 4852, heads to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, from Patrick AFB, Florida, where it has been stationed since mid-2015. “It was about to retire when we acquired it from Mo…
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