C-130 Historical
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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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We couldn't give a buddy start with just 2 working engines. http://vietnamairlift.com/mechanical.html Quang Tri was just 3500' long, which called for a max effort landing with touchdown a few knots above stall speed. But at our weight that touchdown speed was below the airplane's crosswind limits. http://vietnamairlift.com/quangtri2.html A Phu Cat radar controller got a sudden curtailment and wanted to catch his freedom bird at Cam Ranh Bay. http://vietnamairlift.com/banmethuot.html Mac said, "Hey look at that guy with the long hair--he must be a queer." http://vietnamairlift.com/mac.html Enjoy, Alan
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When the #4 engine tachometer started unwinding that got my attention. http://vietnamairlift.com/typhoon.html Enjoy, Alan
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A Typhoon and a Flameout, July 1971
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A landing in 1971 that was so bad that the flight engineer refused to fly out with the AC... http://vietnamairlift.com/badlanding.html Alan
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A friend of mine runs a website ( http://dstorm.eu/ ) dedicated to the airwar part of Operation Desert Storm. On his website he tries to get complete lists of every aircraft that has taken part along with images and extra information where possible. While he does have a list of some of the Spectres that took part in the war he's not sure if the list is complete and he's always looking for more info. I will start another seperate topic for the AC-130H in ODS later. Does anyone have any additions/corrections to this AC-130A list? Serialnumber Nose Art Comment 53-3129 The First Lady 54-1623 …
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The AC-130J's arrival in Afghanistan marks a historic changing of the guard as older AC-130Us have now finished their last scheduled deployment. By Joseph TrevithickJuly 10, 2019 The U.S. Air Force's new AC-130J Ghostriders have been flying combat missions in Afghanistan since June 2019. The gunships took over from AC-130U Spooky IIs that had been supporting U.S. and coalition special operations forces and their Afghan partners in that country. Those Spooky IIs have now returned to the United States, marking the last scheduled combat deployment ever for that version of the AC-130. Northwest Florida Daily News had been the first to report on Ju…
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Anyone who was there know: 1. If the 7.62 miniguns were carried or not? I assume "or not." 2. If the A-models had IRSS tubs? 3. If the AVQ-8 and LAU-74 were carried? I suspect "no" and "maybe" respectively. 4. How much 105mm ammo the forward and aft racks could carry, each? (Yes, I know racks are normally left-right, but work with me...) 5. Were the depression and lag adjusted for the 40s and 105mm for different altitude/bank/speeds? 6. One H-model redeployed the day before Spirit 03 was lost, was this for PDM? 7. Were the A-models deployed in response to this or was their deployment planned earlier? Thanks!
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Trying to find out the Squadrons associated with the the tail code FB and FL at Forbes AFB, Ks And, where the aircraft were for tail codes DB and DZ
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This article is from a very old newspaper and I thought someone might like to read it. Two years after the War Between the States, Admiral Farragut sailed the frigate “Franklin†into European waters on a special mission. Attempting to pass through the Bosphorus into the Black Sea, the redoubtable Admiral was informed that there was a rule that no naval vessel was permitted to enter the sea except when there was a member of the royal family on board. To which the Admiral’s secretary replied: “There are on board the Franklin 285 members of the American royal family, any one of whom might someday become president of the Republic!†The ship was permitte…
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I'm trying to resolve a discussion regarding the A model three-bladed props. I flew A models (53-3133, 55-0022, 55-0024) in the 1970s at Hanscom Fld, Kirtland AFB and Wright-Patterson AFB in A.F. Systems Command. My recollection is that the A model three-bladed props had synchronizing, but no synchro-phasing. I certainly remember the "prop beats" flying them, the the super quiet of the E model when we got one of them. I've researched Aeroproducts web site, which seems to imply they were synchro-phased. Can anybody confirm or deny my recollections? I wish I had kept my A Dash-1. Thanks in advance, Ralph Brands
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30223592/
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Air America C-130s 1 2
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Just found a good write-up with lots of details on Hercs flown by Air America in various campaigns. Interesting files, some pictures..... http://www.utdallas.edu/library/collections/speccoll/Leeker/c130.pdf John
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On Christmas Night in 1968 there was a night C-130 Medi Vac of Villagers in Duong Dong. Many killed and more severely wounded by Friendly Fire. I have a Vet friend that set the smudge pots for the night landing. He is writing a book about the events. They had been hit that afternoon by a VC attack. They fought it off by small arms fire and mortar rounds at the white smoke that the FAC plane had sent in. The VC had set up in the edge of the village with rockets and artillery. They fought off the attack and the VC retreated however it left many South Vietnamese severely wounded. The commander called for a C-130 to land Christmas night to evacuate the wounded to SGN. When th…
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The following was posted yesterday (16 Mar 2010): The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Air Force Major Curtis Daniel Miller of Palacios, Texas. He will be buried on March 29 in the Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery. Miller was part of a 14-man aircrew, all of which are now accounted-for. Remains that could not be individually identified are included in a group which will be buried together in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. …
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Evidently a C-130B was modified to JC-130 configuration for use as an ‘airborne satellite retriever’. How was it supposed to work? Did it ever retrieve a falling satellite?
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While looking at the list of missing pics of Bob Daley's gallerys, I can't remember the fate of 56-0477 c/n [cn]3085[/cn]. I am having a hard time believing that I don't remember it or what happened to it especially since I was involved in Blind Bats etc. during the time it was lost. Was it a Naha bird or was it from Tachikawa? I'm assuming Naha, and thats why I can't figure out why I don't remember it! If any of you have the complete story on it, I would like to hear it. Thanks, Ken
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If anyone really wants to know something about airlift history, and how it led to the development of the Herk, get a copy of my recently published book Anything, Anywhere, Anytime. Details for ordering are under the Promotions heading. I covered everything from the time Pappy Gunn's Philippine Airlines was organized into an air transport squadron through Vietnam, and then some. I used mostly official sources, such as the US Army Air Forces in WW II history and Ray Bowers history of tactical airlift operations in Southeast Asia. It is the ONLY history of combat airlift ever published.
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Saw a pic of AMARG last night. I will get an updated AMARG list on about the 15th. 3 MC-130H now at AMARG, 88-0192, 88-1803, 89-0281. 2 HC-130P's from Patrick (Corroded) 65-0970, 64-14853 79-0474 from Reno,strange 79-0478 was reported damaged maybe to AMARG maybe to scrap, but 474 is in AMARG. 160626 new KC-R to AMARG, leaving 160625 and 160627 the only USN/USMC R's flying. To be replaced by T's. 148891 and 148893 becoming beer cans in Area 24, 148897 the last USN/USMC F damaged to be scrapped at Point Mugu? bob
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VMGR 152 recently retired the oldest KC-130F to the yard. http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,163569,00.html?wh=news
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My dad flew C-130\'s in Viet Nam, Cambodia in \'72,\'73. He was out of Mcconell in Kansas. Any idea of Squaron #, pictures of? Thanks, Gabe
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Lost when flying on exchange duty with the USAF, we heard down here that he lost control of the airplane and I believe all were lost. His name was Reynolds I thought there was a posting some time ago on here but it does not come up on search. Can any one throw any light on nthis matter. Thanks Col
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this is a friend from CCk in 1969. His first name is Jerry, don't remember his last name. does anybody recognize him? Wil
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Is there anybody ready to talk about the 35th TCS crew that was shot down off the coast of North Korea on August 6, 1963 yet? Several people who were at Naha at the time have told me bits and pieces of the story but a lot of people are still not willing to admit that it even happened. What is known is that a 35th crew was lost over the Sea of Japan just off of North Korea while on an early leaflet mission. The offical history of the Jilli mission reveals that the 35th was given responsibility for developing a leaflet mission in \"late 1963\" but goes on to say that drops were inexplicably made with C-47s until early 1965. A former Naha officer told me that he remembered a…
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This is all the info I got: AC 63-7775 C-130E, Shot down April 1972 from Dyess AFB and blown up in place.
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