Railrunner130 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 The prefix "J" refers to being temporarily modified. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Back in 8/06, someone sent me some photos of a model they made. They've been on my hard drive ever since. Haven't a clue who sent them, but it looks like a lot of work went into it. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 This is what we at Scramble have for 14854: ex 67th SOS 352nd SOG 12dec13-jan10 ex 9th SOS 1st SOW -16nov06, ex as '44854', 'Big Papa' oct01, ex 9th SOS 16th SOW 16nov06-apr95, redesignated MC-130P 15feb96, ex 550th SOS apr95-feb90, rebuilt to HC-130P feb90, ex 1551st FTS, rebuilt to HC-130H, rebuilt to NC-130H dec77-oct77, ex 6593rd TW aug65, rebuilt to JHC-130H, built as C-130H 28feb65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookyload Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Not sure when they painted the falling star on the tail, I got there in 82 and they were already painted. Here is 854 around 1985 on a TDY, Travis or McClellan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsq herk Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) That recovery system is for inflight recovery of satillites.854 had a Fulton recovery sys. which was for ground to air recovery.here is a video Edited May 30, 2014 by rsq herk additional info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Not sure about using the Fulton system to recover the satillites. Not to sure where the parachute would end up going or where it might catch on the plane. Lots of antennas there to get hung up on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fltsload Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 The Fulton system was never used to recover satillites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsq herk Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Not what I said guys, I said the recovery sys that was shown at the start was used for air to air recovery,The Fulton sys was used for grd to air recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Now now kids play nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsq herk Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 No problem Dutch,just clearing up any misunderstanding ,I worked both systems,easy to get confused after a few years lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldmech59 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I got to work both systems at McCoy with the 55th. ARRS from January 1970 till June 71 at which time we moved to Hill AFB as the 1550 Training Wing. Really enjoyed the time om those birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFbrat Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 @jsiap - My father was “Ms Piggy’s” (854’s) Crewchief 1981-84, contact me anytime, respectfully- 1SG(R) D.Natividad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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