alphacharlie130 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I saw a strange looking Herk last week here on base. A Navy C-130 with support structure and a disc on the top side. I think the # of it was either 137 or 143 but I an not 100% on that. Anybody have any input on this ?? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Check Bob\'s photo gallery. It\'s a Navy NC-130H, BuNo 870157 (msn 5121). It\'s also ex-USCG 1721 & ex-USAF 87-0157. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPTestFE Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Yeah, I parked next to that thing out here at Edwards back in \'95. I wished I could have crawled around it some. Looks like the 3rd picture is from an airshow at Edwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 They are testing a new Radar for the Navy E-2 AWACS plane. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fltsload Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 You should have seen all the heads turn when we first showed up at Edwards, with that airplane, after picking it up from the Coast Guard. It\'s was a very nice flying airplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I remember an AWACS type mod being installed on a Navy Special Mission P-3 at Lockheed Aircraft Service in Ontario, CA; but don\'t know where the C-130 mod might have been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fltsload Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I think it was done at the Lockheed Ft Worth plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarrett Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I think Jeffysan flight tested that thing back in 91. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffysan Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Yessir. It was called Project Delphi, acft MDS - EC-130V. That was us Det 4 folks. Chuck Louie was the A/C, Jim Dees the CP, Mike \"Navigadar\" Gaydar was the Nav, & Emmit Miles & Al Schwartz were the scanners. The USCG test mgmt folks were kind of skittish about the 1st flt - made GD string a rope thru tiedown rings fm FS245 to the end of the ramp (hand over hand escape device should the thing terminally nose over - no kidding, they really did) & required us to wear parachutes thru the init stab/ctl cks (1st hr or so of 1st flt). Every thing went just fine. As I recall, we flew 3-4 sorties to complete the aero certs then turned it back over to USCG for systems OT&E. It was all E-2 Hawkeye stuff - radome, consoles, computers, msn equip, et al. Had to be, the didn\'t have funding for new. Heard there was supposed to be about 6 acft total, but a new commandant came on board & wanted more emphasis on boats. Still have the wooden model GD gave to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarrett Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Jeffy, I remember you telling me about signyousoildal(sp) sweeps at confrence room D(lots of good times there). Trenslates to \"Lets see if we can make this thing fall off\". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffysan Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Yes. Watching them (plts) trying to induce flutter was interesting as well. Flutter is far beyond Vmax on a Herk it\'s not much of a concern, but certainly a consideration when doing structural mods. Soomething which must be tested. Saw a movie one time of flutter on a C-141. Literally took the acft apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC130FE Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I remember an AWACS type mod being installed on a Navy Special Mission P-3 at Lockheed Aircraft Service in Ontario, CA; but don\'t know where the C-130 mod might have been done. The P-3 with the rotodome is here at Pax as well. Used by USNTPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacwilmia Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Hey folks...I was assigned to 87-0157 when I was stationed at Edwards from '95-'97. Interesting bird...fun crew-doggin' it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPVD Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I saw one, not long ago, at Brussels International, (EBBR). I made some inquiries. Seems that plane came from Ramstein AFB in Germany, and made a stop in Brussels due to a technical problem, which was repaired within the hour. Anyone who knows if an Awacs C-130 is stationed in Ramstein? Greetz, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGRetired Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Yessir. It was called Project Delphi, acft MDS - EC-130V. That was us Det 4 folks. Chuck Louie was the A/C, Jim Dees the CP, Mike \"Navigadar\" Gaydar was the Nav, & Emmit Miles & Al Schwartz were the scanners. The USCG test mgmt folks were kind of skittish about the 1st flt - made GD string a rope thru tiedown rings fm FS245 to the end of the ramp (hand over hand escape device should the thing terminally nose over - no kidding, they really did) & required us to wear parachutes thru the init stab/ctl cks (1st hr or so of 1st flt). Every thing went just fine. As I recall, we flew 3-4 sorties to complete the aero certs then turned it back over to USCG for systems OT&E. It was all E-2 Hawkeye stuff - radome, consoles, computers, msn equip, et al. Had to be, the didn\'t have funding for new. Heard there was supposed to be about 6 acft total, but a new commandant came on board & wanted more emphasis on boats. Still have the wooden model GD gave to us. I was there watching Jeff and crew take our bird up for the first time. Yep, the rope thingie was real. We were kinda pizzed that we couldn't go too. We didn't have the testing expertise that Jeff and his crew did. When we could fly I remember 'firing' the NAV for vectoring us into a big azz Texas sized thunderhead...I caught the Dash-1 as it came by...He asked the pilot if I could 'do that'..Pilot said it was the Coast Guard's plane! The fun came when we flew that thing behind a Chinook for icing tests in Duluth in Feb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGRetired Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Hey folks...I was assigned to 87-0157 when I was stationed at Edwards from '95-'97. Interesting bird...fun crew-doggin' it! Hey man what ever happened to the "Taco Shack" crew rest module in the back? That thing was sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I saw one, not long ago, at Brussels International, (EBBR). I made some inquiries. Seems that plane came from Ramstein AFB in Germany, and made a stop in Brussels due to a technical problem, which was repaired within the hour. Anyone who knows if an Awacs C-130 is stationed in Ramstein? Greetz, When Rhine Main closed down in the early 90's all the C-130 AWADS planes stationed there with the 37th TAS moved to Ramstien AB, they should still be there. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPVD Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Hello Dan, This is a picture I found while surfing in search of an AWACS C-130. It's a scale model US Coast Guard. The one I saw was painted NATO-green, and if I'm not mistaken with a black nose. I watched the plane taking off. A strange bird if you ask me. Thanks for the explanation on Ramstein, and greetz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPVD Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 (edited) This one comes very close to the one I saw at Brussels International. Now I've seen this picture I am wondering if I'm not mistaken about the NATO-green. It is possible it had a grey colour scheme. It's an EC-130V, equiped with an APS 145 radar. Edited February 27, 2009 by JPVD Adding some text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC130LOAD1 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Combined Border Patrol (Homeland Security) operates one P-3B AEW (rotodome) bird. http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/air_marine/air/aviation_asset/orion_p3b.xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bischoffm Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Unless those plane were sneaking around in the dark I never saw them a Ramstein 02-07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPVD Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I didn't say I saw the plane at Ramstein, I saw it at Brussels International. I'm not sure at all that they are stationed in Ramstein, that's why I posted my question. It's my guess that they are stationed at Ramstein, but it may be at any AFB in the world. The plane came from Ramstein, (stop ?), and had to make a technical stop in Brussels. That's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 If you'd have been down around Howard '90 - '91 or so, you could have seen it its USCG colors. Along with the "real" AWACS and USN Hawkeyes. The Customs Service even had one there...an Electra/P-3 with a dish on top. Lots of "AWACS". All of us were fightin' the "war on dope" among other things. Are we winnin' yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 JPVD My fault, I didnt read the post right, AWADS C130 aircraft are at Ramstein, not AWACS 130's. I really dont know where the AWACS type herks are out of. Guess I should use these damn bifocals more. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPVD Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hello Dan, no fault at all! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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