Blackmac_Project Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 http://www.cannon.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123137937 Not spelled out specifically for its black letter inital accomplishment but it is in the picture in the article. Either way congrats to the 73rd SOS. Engine Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysongj Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 That is awesome, but no surprise. I took 1306 to the desert twice, and both times it had the highest FMC rate of all C-130s there at K2 and Manas. Heres a pic of 1306 at K2 with a few other birds. The one down the line is from St. Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZHill Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yes it's good now , but is sure gave our maintainers fits for a while at CRW. You don't remember the brake problems we had do you. In whole it shows what good dedicated maint can do, and that the acft , tho 20 years old can preform as new. ( it was made in 1989, a fiscal year 88 acft) RZ HIll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysongj Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 That was before my time, though we had a lot of fuel tank problems with the H3's we go from Martinsburg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc130fe Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 As an FE in the 73 SOS flying this and all the other MC-130W's daily, the thanks needs to go to the 73 Aircraft Maintenance Unit. They are the ones doing all the hard work so we can take them out and treat them like our bitches, oops, I mean ladies of the night. Just had her out on a MLAT and she was the one that made every flight...good job girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I was pretty disappointed to hear she (at the time) wasn't going to be a slick anymore. I went with a CRW crew to Manas back in the day and she ran like a champ. That is until #4 crapped out on takeoff from Salerno. We brought an MRT team, engine and new brake in to fix her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Redd Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 As a contractor out here at Cannon working the "system in the back", 1306 does a great job! Now if they could only get SCNS to work on 1051 things would be great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herkpilot Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Apparently they've narrowed it down after replacing the idcu's, bicu's, and the ins, that was as of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillenniumHerc Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Just had her out on a MLAT and she was the one that made every flight...good job girl. Only because she stole parts from 1308! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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