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With them switching to WC-130s for training (Why WCs?) Does anyone know how many planes they will get, how many they are loosing , what tail numbers are going there and when is this supposed to happen?

Is the Cockpit set up the same on the WCs?

Is this to ease some stress off of Little Rock?

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There are 10 unfunded WC130H\'s out there.

Nashville is supposed to get 8.

They already have 5 64-14861, 65-0963, 65-0966(now on loan to LA ANG), 0968,0984.

4 are support aircraft 64-14866 FL ANG, 65-0967 LA ANG, 65-0985 SC ANG and 65-0977 39RQS AFRC.

One is at March AFB in storage with a cracked wing 65-0980.

The reason for the switch, number one political, Nashville was BRAC\'d and they fought it. Two, its a way to keep these WC130H models. Three, AF \"leadership\" cut too many Herk units to get C17\'s and fighters and they can\'t do their missions. Guard and Reserve units have taken up the slack but they are pretty much timed out so the 53AS is going out of the school house business and back to Airlift. The 700 AS at Dobbins likewise out of the AETC stuff and back to Airlift and now we reopen Nashville and all the problems are solved!!!

I saw that 4 of the current Nashville planes are going to Niagra Falls.

Instead of just expanding the Reserve unit there we are politcally appeasing the NY political delegation by keeping open the NY ANG tanker unit there that was BRAC\'d and making the an Associate unit to the AFRC command squadron!!

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