C-130 Community Announcements & Promotions
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Thanks Sam as didn\'t see this posted figured you hadn\'t gotten to it yet. They started a site, www.LetsSayThanks.com where you can pick out a Thank You card and Xerox will print it and sent to a soldier who is currently serving overseas, absolutely FREE. You can\'t pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the Armed Services. Please send cards to our troops serving to keep us free. No restriction on how often you do this. Pass it along to your friends. Take care.
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We just had our first \"official\" Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Association convention in San Antonio, Texas. Our main goal right now is to build the Association. Currently we have 102 dues-paying members and the goal is for each member to recruit at least three new members during the next year. Let me give you all a little bit about who we are. Bob Layman, a retired USAF CMSgt who spent his career mostly in fighter maintenance, gave a Power Point presentation on his time at Tan Son Nhut as a crew chief on T-39s in the SCATBACK courier mission. Toward the end of his presentation he started talking about the mission over An Loc for which C-130 pilot Bill Caldwell and …
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Gary passed away Nov 4, 2008 at Crestwood,Fl. He was one of the AC130A initial cadre FE\'s and long time gunship IFE at Hulbert. Anticipated Meroral services date is Saturday afternoon at VFW Post 7674, 213 NW Carol Ave. Ft Walton Beach,Fl. (Will update when I find out more.) Mike
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Please share this with anyone who\'s had active duty service prior to January 202 and planning for retirement. In a nutshell it boils down to this: You qualify for a higher social security payment because of your military service, for active duty anytime from 1940 through 2001 (the program was done away with in January 2002). Up to $1200.00 per year of earnings credit credited at time of application - which can make a substantial difference in social security monthly payments upon your retirement. You must bring your DD-214 to the Social Security Office - and you must ask for this benefit to receive it! http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/military.htm
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I just learned that the home of Steve and Linda Privette was destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Steve was an APG mechanic at Sewart and Naha, where he was in the 41st TAS. He currently works at the Johnson Space Center in Clear Lake. Steve and Linda had a home in the little community of San Leone, which is on Galveston Bay off of Texas 146. According to the media, about 40% of the homes there were demolished and theirs was one of them. Although not a C-130 vet, Frank Godek is a retired C-124,C-141 and C-7 engineer who lives in Bayou Vista, another community located on on the body that connects the Gulf with Galveston Bay on the north side of Galveston Island. I talked to Fra…
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:( Guys, I was recently notified by AOL that they are discontinuing their AOL Hometown section and will not be hosting any more web sites. In view of this, I have purchased my own domain at www.sammcgowan.com and am in the process of moving the stuff I want to keep over there. My new home page is www.sammcgowan.com/home.html . As many of the oldtimers know, I got this whole thing going back in the mid-90s right after I joined AOL by searching profiles for anything related to C-130 and then building up an Email group from it. Scott Gager was one of those who was a part and he decided to set up an Email group and web site on Spectrum. To be honest, I haven\'t really …
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Retired CMSgt Greg Bailey passed away yesterday, Oct 1. Greg started out his military career as a crew chief at Wurtsmith in 1972. He cross trained to a flt. engineer in 1975 and was at Dyess until 1978. He then went to the 6594th Test Group at Hickam until 1984. He finished his career in 1996 with assignments between Eglin and Hurlburt Field as the superintendent of the 9th SOS and AFSOC IG. A viewing will be held today 2 Oct. at the Heritage Gardens Funeral Home between 5p.m and 7 p.m. Burial services to be held 3 p.m. Friday, Oct.3 at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Niceville, FL. You can view a memorial to Greg, offer your condolences and sign his guest b…
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We have here at UAL in Denver a fellow Mechanic who\'s Father wrote a book about his experiences in WW2 as a pilot. for anyone who may be interested. http://herschpahlbooks.com/point_option.shtml P.S. nothing to do with herks. sorry!
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Robins wins the Secretary of the Air Force Speical Achievement Activity Award for the fourth time since 2002;) ;)
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I just received this. Haven\'t had time to check it out completely, but it may be of some interest to you Iraq & Afghanastan Vets. Glenn Interesting website. http://iraqradiation.com
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For you guys in the commercial world, this may interest you. Last Monday (9/1/08), Swiss captain Urs Anderegg died in a plane crash after departing Rickenbacker International, Ohio. At the time, he was flying a Convair 580 for Air Tahoma. He started his career in American commercial aviation as a DC-8 FO & then a Herc captain for Transamerica. I met him in Khartoum, Sudan in 1985 when we were flying famine relief flights with St. Lucia Airways. I flew with him again in Angola in 1991 when we were flying for Frameair. I also flew with him in 1988 when we flew an A-model out of the boneyard at Davis Monthan AFB to Tucson International. The other 2 crewmembers on…
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The Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Association Convention will be in San Antonio November 6-9. Visit our web site at www.troopcarrier.org/home.html for details.
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I friend who just finished Engineer school gave me the link to this site. I thought all ya\'ll might want to check it out. www.heyeng.com
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We are looking for an electrician to work in Cherry Point, NC Specific Job Description Aircraft Electrical System Technician Skill Requirements: The Aircraft Electrical System Technician shall have the following skill requirements: (1) Five (5) years within the last nine (9) years practical OMA experience in the KC-130J electrical systems. (2) Minimum expertise equivalent to the Marine Corps MATMEP level III (CDI) sign off requirements in this specialty. (3) Completed one or more CNATT, or equivalent OMA maintenance course on the KC-130J electrical systems. Please apply online at our website or call me directly at 864-236-3388. For consideration now. Emai…
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Hello all, I work for a company called Aerospace Maintenance Solutions, Inc. I have have over 14 years of C-130 maintenance experience and currently I am assisting them in trying to find mechanics. They are fielding C-130 mechanics to work on USMC KC-130J\'s in both MCAS Miramar, CA and MCAS Cherry Point, NC. Mechanics in the following fields are needed: Airframes Powerplants Avionics Electricians Safety and Survival Flight Equipment Mechanics must have at least 5 years experience, have been qualified as a CDI (Naval term that designates a mechanics as qualified to inspect most work performed on the aircraft in their field), possess the ability to obt…
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For those who do not know, CMS Fred Williams who was the head Flight Engineer for the 135th Airlift Group, Maryland Air National Guard passed away of cancer on Thursday, July 10, 2008 in Dundalk, Maryland. Fred had been ill for some time but in the past month went down hill quickly. His son is a Loadmaster with the 135th as well. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Fred\'s family. He was a great guy, a great FE and a dedicated airman. SMS Rich Leonard Maryland ANG Retired LM:(
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This is an official LM message. We are looking to hire an electrician and a structural mechanic right now for our field team site in MCAS Miramar, CA. Below are the minumum requirementss for these two jobs. The exact pay has not been given yet, but it will be close to $30.00 hr/ plus per-diem. The first few months, you will be TDY, so your housing will be taken care of. If you are qualified and interested, please call me(Daryl) at the LM staffing office at 864-236-3388 or email me [email protected] Aircraft Airframe System Technician Peculiar Skill Requirements: The Aircraft Airframe System Technician shall have the following skill requirements: (1) Five (5…
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Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let you know about Etchstar\'s newly launched site http://custommilitarygear.com, where you can find a wide variety of products ranging from dog tags, pocket knifes, pens, ipods and usb memory sticks. All products are laser etched with the military branch logo (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Semper FI) and can be customized with additional text. So please check out our site and feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions. Samantha Tse [img size=576]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/Picture_2.png
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Hi, folks Just thought I\'d let you know that my book about the 167th Airlift Wing, THE SPEED OF HEAT: AN AIRLIFT WING AT WAR IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, has now been released. The book is an oral history of the WVANG Martinsburg unit\'s activities since 9/11, with about 70 members telling their stories in their own words. It includes not just fliers, but maintainers, aerial porters, aeromeds, etc. It\'s available from Amazon.com and other online booksellers, and any bookstore should be able to order it for you. It\'s also available from the publisher, McFarland and Company, through its website, www.mcfarlandpub.com. The ISBN number is 978-0-7864-3798-6. M…
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[img size=150] 2008 REUNION TO BE HELD IN FT WALTON BEACH, FL At the Ramada - Plaza Beach Resort Dates are 19 -23 October 2008 The 2008 AWRA Reunion of Members will be hosted by the Ramada - Plaza Beach Resort which is located at: 1500 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, Ft Walton Beach, FL Phone: (850) 243-9161 AWRA has 50 rooms blocked at rates ranging from $90-125 per night+tax Go to the Hotel Direct Reservation site to reserve your room Enter Password : awra08 Open the 2008 Reunion Registration Form here. Print the form out and mail to address on the form. For additional information, Contact Ralph Ruyle at: [email protected]
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Hello, 435th OMS ENROUTE MX REUNION Hello Enrouters, Any former personnel who worked in Enroute, Transient Alert, OMS Supervision and Orderly Room of our upcoming reunion. We are planning on the biggest reunion we have ever held. I currently have 50 rooms reserved at the Holiday Inn Dayton North. We are hoping that we will need more rooms. Please put on your calendars, Enroute Reunion, 8-11 October 2009 Fairborn (Dayton), Ohio We will be sending out more information as it comes available. Any questions, please let me know. Stan Miller 7213 Avila Drive Fayetteville, NC 28314 Email: [email protected] http://home.mindspring.com…
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Hello, FANTASTIC WEBSITE Found the information I was looking for. Thanks MUCH APPRECIATED. Stan Miller [email protected]
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Hi, Folks I hope you\'ll pardon the blatant sales pitch, but I\'d like to let you know of my latest book about and for the C-130 community. \"The Speed of Heat: An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan\" comes out late next month or in June, published by McFarland and Company. It\'s an oral history of my unit\'s (167th AW) activities since 9/11, and in its pages some of you will find guys and gals you know. Essentially, I sat down with about 70 of my squadron mates, and we talked about their experiences. The result is a book that includes aircrews describing desert missions, maintainers talking about combat repairs, and aeromeds discussing saving lives. The…
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Northrop Grumman Space Technology has an immediate need for a Program Transportation Manager at our Redondo Beach, CA location. Please contact me if you are interested. There is some travel and a good amount of overtime involved. Thanks. George Davis Talent Acquisition Northrop Grumman Space Technology Space Technology 310-812-0102 [email protected] www.careers.northropgrumman.com Program Transportation Supervisor Redondo Beach, CA Description Supervises Program Transportation Team, ensuring successful delivery of program hardware, equipment and products within Space Park and to our Space Technology customers. Responsible for leading 10-member tea…
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Northrop Grumman Space Technology has an immediate need for a Packaging/Logistics Engineer with a military equipment background. The position is based in Redondo Beach, CA. Please review the job description below and contact me if you are interested. Thank you. George Davis Talent Acquisition Northrop Grumman Space Technology Space Technology 310-812-0102 [email protected] www.careers.northropgrumman.com Senior Packaging/Logistics Engineer Redondo Beach, CA Description Senior Packaging Engineer to support both Military and commercial aerospace logistic operations: perform cushion design analysis, design shipping containers and handling fixtures, perfor…
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