C-130 Historical
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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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http://aviationtrivia.blogspot.com/2010/04/it-was-tough-going-if-you-were-assigned.html Just got this link from a friend.... Muff
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anyone know where and if these 2 H models are currently?65-973 and 65-978, both are/were HC-130H's.Thanks in advance
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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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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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I'm looking for information on 56-0471 for my research project on the C-130 'A' fleet formerly assigned to the 118th TAW/105th TAW of the TNANG in Nashville. What I do have thus far is: this airplane was known as "The Blind Bat". It served with the 463rd TAW/35th TAS at Naha AB, Okinawa (circa 1969) & the 139th TAS NY ANG (circa 1972-75) / 105th TAS (1976) and then with the 147th TAS of the Deleware ANG (circa 1976-77) and then back to the 105th TAS (1977-1981). It was a test aircraft for the Black Crow Truck Ignition Locating System. Upon retirement, she went to AMARC on 23 April 1990 (CF 0087) and was eventually sold to National and broken up. If anyone ha…
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54-1637 on its way to Fort Benning: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12102253 Regards, Andy Marden
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The RNZAF is looking into replacing the current SRA we use. Rescue liferaft and survival stuff dropped to persons in distress at sea. What does the Coast Guard currently use and how does it / is it deployed from the C130?? Is it compatable with the P3 bomb rack? Cheers
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Don Rogers sent me a couple of pictures. I know I have seen them before but can't remember when. Oldtimer's I think. Anyhow, does anyone remember the time, the place, the details. Thanks bob Pics are pretty fuzzy
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I am getting ready to PCS away from this bad-ass airframe and would like to leave a detailed photo album behind for the next Crew Chief. Anyone have any info? I had been told that it was in the catch a falling star program, I have been on the acft since 2003 and have history from 1986 to present. Please help.
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Hello everyone, Let me introduce myself my name is justin nichols and my grandfather i believe he rode and maintained a C-130. Years ago on a telephone converstion he told me and showed me a site where his plane was being restored for display...somewhere. After some talking he had a photo (to which I have a copy of) of one of there trips where he is standing shaking hands with i think either a vietnamse boy or korean boy. Either way he wasnt sure if he was able to make the trip to donate the photo, because they really would have liked to have it....well I promised him when i got old enough to drive i would pick him up and take him there to do it. ...i never got …
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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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MC-130 and the Aircraft Carrier
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I seem to remember a story about a Talon "bombing" an aircraft carrier (playing war games.) Anyone out there know the story? Is it true or legend?
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Sorry but I don\'t remember the exact thread but here is a sonar image of AF 4593 hosted for Tints97 (sorry I didn\'t post it sooner but was out of town for a couple weeks) Dan
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Thought i would see how many old timers out ther that rembers this callsign. HERMON BILLY.
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History being made by the 737th EAS - AKA the 40th Airlift Squadron, my squadron!! http://www.386aew.afcent.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123183809 Mark
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Can someone please confirm which C-130 fuselage is currently sitting over in the Medical Training compound over by the civil terminal? C-130A 53-3131 was there for a long time, but 58-0727 joined it in April 2005. Are both still there, or has one moved on? Thanks, Andy Marden
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When I was stationed at Pope, I seem to remember one of our aircraft that was TDY to Mildenhall was involved in a taxi accident in Turkey. It tore up a wing, I think, and there was a lot of red tape generated about it between the U.S. and Turkey. I remember it took a lllooonnnggg time to get resolved. Anyone have any info?
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Taiwan honors members of US Armed Forces Taiwan honors members of US Armed Forces •Publication Date：12/15/2009 •Source： China Times The Ministry of National Defense presented roughly 600 medals to members of the United States Armed Forces Dec.14, in recognition of the help and support given to Taiwan in the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot. Approximately 10 representatives from the U.S. Armed Forces attended the ceremony, as did William A. Stanton, director of the American Institute in Taiwan. “We would like to offer you our great thanks for your magnanimous assistance, given as if to a brother,” said Kao Hua-chu, minister of national defense. The 600 medals, w…
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I recall some vintage posting's about one of our Herk's that was supposedly "haunted". Which one was it, and what were some of the stories? Kurt
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I know this is off topic but... Dan I found a scrap of info on Google about that B-25 near where I live and watched as it was brought to the shore. "Rossman, now 81 years old, was involved in five B-25 crashes and emergency landings during World War II. The first one, on June 6, 1944 (D-Day in Europe), was in South Carolina during a flight practicing single engine procedures. "The instructor pilot decided that we should also practice combat type low-level flying," explains Rossman. "Flying over Lake Greenwood, South Carolina, we got too low and the props touched the water. We had to ditch the airplane and it took 24 stitches to close the rip in my chin when the seat b…
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Can't believe it has been 20 years Dec 19th 1989) since the great invasion. I was in on the ranger drop on rio hato in a 15 ship formation #9 bad place to be...here is the pilots after action narrative 19 Jan 90 This will be a narrative of my crew’s performance during the Panama Invasion. I’m not sure what medal they deserve, but I do know without them I would be dead, along with about 50 paratroopers. Crew Members IAC Capt Michael E Schaar AC Dale Banghart CP Phil Pesica NAV Jerry Alvey NAV Scott Brinker ENG Sgt Al Brown ENG Sgt Tim Wilson LM Msgt Rick Ivars LM Amn Phillip DiCarlo The crew flew as #9 in a formation of 15. The weather enroute w…
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Lets see if there is anybody else here who remembers seeing this or who knows the whole story. Back in 1990 at Navy Jubail in Saudi (man what a packed that place was to get into) we saw a non- US herk with one wing tip split wide open from the tip into the outboard tank. Only info I ever got on it was from a fuel pit guy that said a helo hover taxied right into the plane. No idea if it was ever repaired or what happened to it. I dont know what country it belonged to but I want to say it was one of the old English empire country's. Dan
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It's time to play Herkybirds favorite game "Name That Place". Study the following 2 photos and see if you recognize this palce. Good Luck. Wil
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“The Legend of How the 118th/105th TAW Got New Planes†As Told By: MSgt. James L. Reynolds (ret) 118th AES Tennessee Air Guard When I began my service with the Tennessee Air National Guard in 1984, I “cut my teeth†on the C-130 ‘A’ models. By the time I retired in 2004, we had transitioned to C-130 H-2 Models, and in between I logged time on the C-9A, KC-135, C-141, C-5A, as well as the C-130 ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘E’, and ‘H’ models. Yet this is the story of how we finally got new ‘H’ models in 1989-1990. Major General Carl Wallace was perhaps the best Adjutant General to have ever served the State of Tennessee. He is remembered as â…
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