george morris Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 this is true. findings were told to us on crash recovery team was the fuselage was struck by lightning causing an explosion. Aircraft broke up on impactkilling all souls on board to include a USO show crew. Bird was a C-130 assigned on rotes from Dyess AFB, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Ert Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Is this in det 98 in erzrum turkey in 1980 and was Carl c carr there in the c130? If so my dad was there and it wasn't a crash it was a missile that took it down my dad served in det 98 and 70th usafad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Ert Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 The lighting rods were fine and locals stated it looked like a surface to air missile like an rpg or law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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