topboltsto400 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 A Talon retired today at Cannon. 64-0523 c/n [cn]4007[/cn].....I heard it's going to be the gate guard. I'm not familiar with it, but I heard it was #1 during the Son Tay raid. Heard the pilot of that flight came on and shut the engines down for the last time. There was a big event for it today...a sad but proper farewell. Any of you "old heads" gpt any stories about her? CTI A/C 64-0523 Retirement <---paste that into the search bar on Facebook and you can see some photos of the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkfixer Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 0523 was stationed at Rhein-Main (7 SOS) while I was there. Worked on her and went TDY on her several times. Spent a week in Athens doing low levels and fighter intercepts. Was a good flier except couldn't ever pass an FCF for the terrain following radar (TFR). I got pretty good at opening and closing the elephant ears and nose radome by myself. Although this wasn't hard the radome alignment tools never worked properly and it was just as easy to lay on ones back and use your feet to align the bottom radome bolt holes. If she is now retired that only means one thing I am getting that much closer to retirement! Have a good retirement, it is well deserved! 73, Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJamison Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I remember 523 and 555 at Rhein Main in the very early 90's. It was well liked there too. A true flyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 A couple of more MC-130E's were retired. 64-0561 and 64-0571 went to AMARG and 64-0559 went to Kirtland as a ground trainer. That leaves only 5 MC-130E's flying 62-1843, 64-0551, 562, 565, 568 flying Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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