C-130 Historical
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Unless you were there, most people are not aware of the convoluted arrangement at Naha prior to the activation of the 374th Troop Carrier Wing in late summer of 1966 (August 1, I believe.) Except for a few airplanes assigned to E Flight for accounting purposes, the flying squadrons - 21st, 35th and 817th and after Dec. 1965 the 41st - were assigned to the 6315th Operations Group while the airplanes themselves all maintenance troops except some in E Flight were assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing. This was an arrangement the Air Force used for units that were not the host unit on a base. If I recall correctly, it came out of AFM 66-1. There was an association with different …
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Flying in Vietnam
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CCK ov vedio
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http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.66768 Enjoy!
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Who remembers this?
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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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Just saw this link over at a modeling web site I visit. Neat pics and info on "Heavy Chain" stuff that I've never heard of before... http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=195144 Mark
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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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A Talon retired today at Cannon. 64-0523 c/n [cn]4007[/cn].....I heard it's going to be the gate guard. I'm not familiar with it, but I heard it was #1 during the Son Tay raid. Heard the pilot of that flight came on and shut the engines down for the last time. There was a big event for it today...a sad but proper farewell. Any of you "old heads" gpt any stories about her? CTI A/C 64-0523 Retirement <---paste that into the search bar on Facebook and you can see some photos of the event.
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nascarpop aka Dallas, I was just lurking in the "users gallery" and found your pics! Those pictures brought back some memories (good and bad)! The picture you posted of the C-130/bulldozer wreck is the same one several of us were talking about awhile back--at least I was. I couldn't find my pics of it!! I knew about the 37mm damage, but never had seen any of the pics until today! I flew 40 Blind Bat missions and saw plenty of 37's in action but never saw a hit!! Thank God for that! Now the washrack!!!! I was getting ready to ask if anybody on the forum had any experience with that wonderful place. Now I know at least you did!! Every time I made it to the wash-rack…
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I am continuing in my research project of 'A' models that once were assigned to the 118th/105th TAW (TNANG) in Nashville. I am looking for any additional information I can find on 56-0484. Here is what I have thus far: This aircraft was converted to a C-130A-II at one time, and then back to a C-130A by 1972. At the time of the conversion to the C-130A-II, she was assigned to the 7506th Support Squadron at Rhein-Mein, Germany. The 7506th was a reconnaissance squadron with quite a bit of history. She arrived at the 7506th in June 1958 as the squadron’s first C-130A-II. She departed the 7506th in April 1972. In August 1972, she was assigned to the 9…
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Anyone have the scoop on this tail #? Started life as an HC-130H and its in the old fulton recovery films also seen pictures with ODS rails installed on it Then it went to an EC-130H? Then it was a C-130E with UARSSI but it still had the extended gear pods that the EC-130H's have Then it was modded back to EC-130H? All pictures I have seen make me think it was the TC-130H at DM The picture that is attached is what really threw me for a loop. It is clearly an old hc-130 (scanner window) with ec-130h extended gear pods and uarrsi but it has a spectre (AC-130) patch painted above the crew door? Was this some kind of test bed for gunships? It seems to certainly be a…
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"Flying TAC VFR meant using visual flight rules in instrument meteorological conditions. If this sounds like an oxymoron, it was!" http://vietnamairlift.com/tacvfr.html
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I am looking for someone that served at Cam Rahn Bay 1965-66 C130 Avionics. I am helping someone (Delvin Dean Kohn) with a VA claim and need info to establish he was in Vietnam. He said he also worked on C141s. If you remember this man send me a PM. Thanks
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MC-130H 89-0281 c/n 5237 arrived at AMARG today (Sep 21st of 2015) and is the first MC-130H to retire.
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As the title says--did any of you Ubon guys happen to save a green card from downtown? If you were there, you will know what I mean!! Unless of course you never left base--then you might not know what I am talking about!! I know I have one I saved as a souvenir but I can't find it right now! Of course I found the one I've got ! Either that or someone gave it to me!!! Ken
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SEA mission inquiry, 21st TCS
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I wish to find out more about a mission my father, Major Frank Camstra (AC), was involved with on or around 25 Dec 1967 in “Vietnamâ€. He was with the 21st TCS in Naha and flew a lot of Blind Bat missions and other covert/ non-covert stuff between 1966-68. After about 2 years and back in the States, the family was first informed of this event when he was to be the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. I was about 13-14 years old at the time and was present at the medals ceremony at Hanscom Field AB, MA. This is what I can recall through Dad: *Covert operation of some kind, way North where you're not suppose to be, Dec 1967. *Dad was piloting a black bottom C…
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Since new members are always joining this site, here's my annual question again. Back in the late 1970's, when the 37th TAS was cranking up at Rhein Main, a C-130, 64-0550 went off the end of the runway at NAS Naples, Italy. It landed at a very high rate of speed and at one time did a 180° and was going down the runway backwards at more than 100 knots. It was in such an attitude that even the tip of one of the horizontal stabs was damaged! I remember the co-pilot's name was Bill Beal and the FE was Billy Legg. My question; does anyone have any photos of the airplane at Naples? I know there are pics out there -- I've seen them. Thanks, Don R.
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Tomorrow is Veterans Day. How bout posting some photos to bring back some fading memories..Here we are on left base for final on a small dirt strip...I flew with some of the best pilots ever and one bad one Lam San 719 moving them back to the south...Where was the 15th APS...I don't recall
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We carried chickens and ducks in bamboo and wire cages. We carried pigs in woven straw and reed baskets. The question is how did we tie down live male water buffalos?
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45 years after Doc Jensen's crew was picked up from the burning wreckage of their plane (63-7775 c/n 3841) while under fire from the bad guys, the Army helicopter crews that rescued them have finally been awarded the Silver Star. This was one of the planes shot down during the An Loc Airdrops of 1972. The rescue probably saved the lives of the entire crew. You can easily find all the stories of the Battle of An Loc on the Internet. The crews who recently received the Silver Star for the rescue are the ones who picked up the C-130 crew of Capt. Don (Doc) Jensen after his plane was hit during the air drops and crashed into unfriendly territory. Fox News Art…
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My brother flew A-4s and F-18s. A very interesting commentary: From a General: Thank you to the 0.45% I remember the day I found out I got into West Point. My mom actually showed up in the hallway of my high school and waited for me to get out of class. She was bawling her eyes out and apologizing that she had opened up my admission letter. She wasn't crying because it had been her dream for me to go there. She was crying because she knew how hard I'd worked to get in, how much I wanted to attend, and how much I wanted to be an infantry officer. I was going to get that opportunity. That same day two of my teachers took me aside and essentially told me the fol…
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my father msgt fredrick l stryker was a crew chief stationed @ naha who we joined early 68 as dependent children,remember going to naha afb as a boy,found civilian i.d. of my dad ,refused to discuss what he did. he won title of airman of the year pacific and recieved a trip to tokyo etc. around 1968-9. he did mention flare drops,he did not like them. does any one have any info on the beeliners 21 first tas? does anyone remember him? any info would be appreciated. cliff stryker
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It's funny how things suddenly pop into your head out of nowhere. Back in early 75 I flew my first solo TDY as a qualified LM out of LR (32nd TAS) onboard 72-1293. Spent a week shuttling cargo/ pax all over the E. coast supporting a TAC fighter excercise and came back to LR thinking I was the coolest thing to have ever put on a flight suit and knew everything there was to know about being a Tac-Trained Killer; because that's what you do when you're 19 years old. In April the squadron put us all on standby to deploy to SE Asia late one night for the evacuation of Saigon and I was assigned to pre-flight 1293 and be ready to load and depart ASAP for Clark. For whatever…
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No More JATO For Fat Albert :(
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I had the opportunity to sit in the center escape hatch for a JATO take off at the Dayton Air Show in 1997. I'm sad to see the tradition die. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/10/marine_blue_angels_jato_102909w/
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