C-130 Historical
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http://vietnamairlift.com/gripegripe.html "Since Bien Hoa had a 10,000' runway, I landed 5,000' long with plenty of runway left over. I think 5,000' long was my personal record. ;-) " Has anybody out there touched down longer than 5,000'? Alan
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I was trying to find out when VMGR-352 became known as the "RAIDERS". Also, when did 352 start wearing the Jolly Roger on their flight suit? Thanks for the help.
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Looking for someone who can confirm this writing or was there. Subj: The Hanoi Pick Up You Haven't Heard This little story will be appreciated by all who served in Vietnam...especially those who served in the Air Force and knew POW’s who died in captivity. The Hanoi Pick Up You Haven't Heard I'm sorry this has taken so long. I would be a great procrastinator if I ever got around to it!! I've been toying for years about writing the full story, but just haven't done it. May still do it some day. I'll give you a down and dirty version so I don't waste too much of your time. A little background first: I had flown in and out of Hanoi twice before---flying …
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Gang, Let us not forget the Desert One / Eagle Claw Op.. So long ago, but we still need to take a moment and appreciate all those that were involved. They are truly American heroes. Lest we never forget those that we lost. They all had the Guts to Try. Thank you all. Frank Carberry
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Just some pictures I took in Oct-08 of 53-3129 sitting in front of the Armament Museum at Elgin. [img ]http://www.tanwater.com/temp2/leather%20032.jpg [img ]http://www.tanwater.com/temp2/leather%20035.jpg
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I found this while going through some of my LM stuff. It's a family tree of all the L382 versions up to 1986, including some serial numbers and differentiating details. Probably nothing new here, but I thought it might be of interest to the resident historians here. Good summary of the L382 lineage through the H model on one page. It's a copy of a copy of a copy and I'm not sure of the original source. There are no LM markings, but the bottom right corner says "PAGAN 11-20-86"
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I work for the Enlisted Heritage Research Institute- Enlisted Heritage Hall at Gunter AFB, Montgomery, Al. We are currently rededicating our Air Force Cross Display and Video. We do not have any photos of Ssgt Charles L. Shaub. I am the graphic artist working on this and I would like any information about relatives or fellow airmen that may have photos of SSgt Charles L. Shaub. I am looking because I don’t like to have blank areas where a heroes photo should be. This would be in a display and on a video played beneath the display. This is a wonderful Air Force Award Winning level museum. If you would like to validate this the link is http://afehri.maxwell.af.mi…
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Any of you guys out there, marines in particular, remember a Marine 130 from Cherry Point doin' a no-flap landing at 29 Palms with I think #'s 1 and 2 caged???? I would guess maybe late 90's sometime?? The doc that did did my wife's bunion surgery was a flight surgeon and was on that bird......He told me it was a bit hairy, to say the least. I was hopin' to find someone who knew of it or was on it as well. I gotta say, he did a terrific job on her foot, almost no major discomfort, compared to what many others had experienced from other docs. Anyway, they apparently were successful even though it took damn near the whole runway to land.......... just wonderin' Giz
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Okay..........(sigh!!!!!!) To get this idiot off my back (e-mail actually) I am making a request and/or vote. Can this so called "Loren Cooper" come back after a seven year absence? Vote away............... Kurt
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Hello Folks, The C-130 Production List show 63-7872 as being broken up at Eglin, but I drive past it every day on my way to work and it sure looks intact to me. As a matter of fact, one day I went by and the ramp was open and folks were milling around, doing what I don't know, but milling around the airplane nonetheless. Any ideas on what the real story is on this airplane? Arf, Dinah
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Found this site, perhaps not seen by others here. http://www.gonavy.jp/bbs2-c130IIf.html Bob, there's a photo of 60476. Blind Bat black camo with red YD tail code. Is this correct for 476? Best wishes, Grant
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I was at Naha, 35 TAS from Oct '67 to Apr 70. For the life of me, I cannot remember spending any time visiting Kadena, too much Nam I guess. Anyway, was C-130s at Kadena during this time and what was the mission. Was it the 345 TAS???? Thanks Wayne
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does anyone know if Greywolf is still working on the 776 TAS website ? It's online. I wondered if there might be a guestbook added soon. Sure would like to find some of those old boys. Thnx. jimsummers
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Hello all, I am about to start work on a 2.5m RC scale model of a C-130. Its comes with a USCG (white & orange) scheme, however being Australian, I would like to use the 3 colour camo scheme from the Australian H models in the '90s. Can anyone point me in the direction to find out what the actual scheme colours are? looks like tan, sea green and mid green, but I want to know the exact colours for scale purposes. Thanks
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Wandering if anyone from the 11th CAMS at McClellan is on this site? I was stationed there 73 to 76. We worked WC (55th Weather) and HC (41st ARRS). We had lots of good times there. The aircraft that is parked at the front gate of Little Rock sat on the ramp at McClellan for lots of months along with its sister ship that also escaped. It didn\'t look anything like it does now.
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In October 1970 we took an entire pallet of cash (MPC, green, and Dong) to Chu Lai. We had to do a windmill taxi start to get #3 going, and we did engines-running offloads of our millions at the subsequent destinations. See http:/http://vietnamairlift.com/currency.html
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I just got a photo (which unfortunately I can't post due to copyright concerns) that shows a C-130 with two AGM-65 Mavericks on tail number 0-50024. Supossedly taken at Wright Patterson. Missiles appear to be loaded on a 3-rail LAU-88 launcher, but it isn't visible. This is attached to a pylon - deeper than an A-model fuel tank pylon - outboard of the #4 engine. Both missiles appear to be inert captive-carry items. The missile on the right launcher station appears to have a flat metal plate blanking off the nose instead of the seeker dome/window. It has a yellow (live motor) stripe around the forward part of the motor section but no yellow or brown stripes around th…
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I'm more of a Herk admirer than a former crewmember, but I was reading recently about the dedication of the AC-130H at Cannon AFB's Heritage park. As part of the aircraft's history, it mentioned Operation Blinking Light and Bield Kirk over El Salvador. I vaguely remember the Blinking Light mission appearing on daily reconnaissance mission summaries while I was in the Air Force over 25 years ago, but wasn't sure what they entailed. Can anyone please provide more information on these missions? Thanks.
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Hi, I was looking for pictures of Evergreen C-130's who flew missions for the US Army in Iraq. Unfortunatly, I cannot find any information on this subject. Is there anyone who can send me a link to a good article, (or pictures), on this? Thanks in advance and regards,
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I checked Conboy and Morrison's "The CIA's Secret War in Tibet." It sheds quite a bit of light on the arrangements between the Air Force and the CIA with the C-130s commonly known today as "E Flight." Originally, Air Force airplanes were provided for CIA use by the Air Resupply and Communications Squadrons that were set up at various locations around the world, mostly using B-29s but also a mixture of other airplanes and helicopters. During the French Indo-China War the main base of operations was at Clark, but in 1954 it moved to Kadena. When the ARC wings were deactivated, the 322nd Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (Special), activated to assume the covert role of suppor…
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I was at my local Vietnam Veterans of America chapter house today, and a guy brought in a drawing of a C-130, with WV ANG markings on it, and had listed the names of the crew members lost in the crash of the Martinsburg bird in '92. Could not believe it was that long ago. I was takin' flying lessons at the time, and one of the Cessnas I flew belonged to the father of the copilot who was lost in that crash, if my memory serves me right. That crashed occurred about forty miles or less from where I live. Quite a tragedy.... Giz
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A friend\'s son has made this website as a tribute to his Father who participated in these early HALO tests. The final jump on 16 December 1963 from 43,500 feet took the world\'s record away from the Russians. The website lists the names of the Special Forces and Air Force personnel who made the jumps as well as the members of the crew. The C-130B used for the jumps was 62-3487. You should also take a look at the article from Parachutist Magazine. There\'s a link for that. http://www.vistech.net/users/edman/halo/default.html
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so many years ago on august 7 2002 90-0161 crashed,im jsut want to pay respect to the plane and respect to our fellow brothers and sisters
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Desperate to complete a check ride so I could go on leave. http://vietnamairlift.com/cckbeforeleave.html http://vietnamairlift.com/cckafterleave.html Alan
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Not sure if this 1955 video has been posted here before but even if it was I think it's worth reposting. There's some interesting T&E stuff in here. But, it has some stats/limits that I've never seen like a cruise ceiling of 40,000'. Also, the model of the nose ski looks just about like the finished product. Enjoy! FredG
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