Herkeng130 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 DIRCM or FLIR? What is this? [img size=800]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/C_130_63815_1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Neither I think. I don\'t think that external tank is really an external tank either. Neat, wonder what it is? Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talonlm Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 It\'s a FLIR turrent. Can\'t think of the name of the mod right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Not in a good mounting location for either a DIRCM or a FLIR. Since it\'s location is between the engines, it could be some kind of IR jammer similar to the pod that Talon 1\'s and Talon 2\'s used to haul around.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmon Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I have only seen DIRCM mounted just aft of the troop doors, it doesnt look forward looking as (FLIR) implies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Herk Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 FLIR is being used generically - turreted infrared sensor, infrared detection set, etc. All are same thing, just that they can look anywhere - not just forward. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herkeng130 Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 US Herk wrote: FLIR is being used generically - turreted infrared sensor, infrared detection set, etc. All are same thing, just that they can look anywhere - not just forward. Yes, I was not using FLIR to mean just forward... I used that term because most of the people have used and heard that particular term for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoe Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 It looks a little like the Samson pods used for Open Sky missions... Regards Stephan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 That is the airplane that had the cockpit fire at Dyess in 1974. Bruce Ferrier was the wing king, he had been 37 TAS Commander. He got fired. They rebuilt it and it became a Senior Hunter spook aircraft at Harrisburg PA. Some kind of electronic spooks, maybe that is why it seems to have a phony tank and whatever that gadget is. After PA ANG got their J\'s it went to the PRANG to haul trash and was last known to be at Hurlburt hauling trash. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerkPFE Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 We called it \"R2D2\" unit as it looked like an upside down R2D2 unit from Star Wars...and kind moved and bleeped like it also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herkeng130 Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 bobdaley wrote: That is the airplane that had the cockpit fire at Dyess in 1974. Bruce Ferrier was the wing king, he had been 37 TAS Commander. He got fired. They rebuilt it and it became a Senior Hunter spook aircraft at Harrisburg PA. Some kind of electronic spooks, maybe that is why it seems to have a phony tank and whatever that gadget is. After PA ANG got their J\'s it went to the PRANG to haul trash and was last known to be at Hurlburt hauling trash. BobSo this airplane is now stationed at Hurlburt? Still carrying the PR tail code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Bob, Yep, that\'s the same airplane that burned the nose off back in 1974. I was stationed at Dyess at the time -- in fact I was driving down the flightline road with my wife & kids (pre 9/11 security) & saw smoke coming out of 815\'s forward escape hatch. This was in the pre-cell phone days (prehistoric), so I had to hunt down a land line. Colonel Ferrier was a really nice guy, but a victim of circumstances. I think he was also the wing king when we flunked 2 ORI\'s in a row, but one of the problems there was that we were just getting the \"brand-new\" 1974 H-models & trying to integrate them into the E-model fleet. The Pope people were pissed because they had to pull back to back Mildenhall rotes. Aaah, the good old days -- Bravo & Delta Squadrons! OK, I\'ll sit down now. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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