Herkfixer77 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hi all, Just picked up my acft from the lockheed plant in Marietta Ga. Its a HC-130J and I'm looking to name her/find a mascot. Our mission is Rescue/Refuel on HH-60s. So any ideas are helpful and might help me get the juices flowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in WV Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Learn her personality. They all have one. When my ANG unit got new birds back in '89 they named 1301 "Spirit of West Virginia". The rest were named after the cities with the most unit members. All 8 are now MC-130Ws. Where are you stationed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herkfixer77 Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson AZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topboltsto400 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 At one point a few of our Crew Chiefs renamed a couple of the W's Britney, Lindsey, Whitney..... (girls with issues)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Millen Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Ryan, congrats on your new plane...no nick name needed paint your name above the crew door and make sure that everyone who enters that doorway says nothing but great things about the way the plane is maintained. Ryan is the name that you want everyone to remember. Muff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EClark Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 What Muff said you keep a up tight plane all will be happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in WV Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Do you like how your bird smells like a new car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I personally don't like the USAF official rules for being non-gender specific and politically correct about naming airplanes. I know some units have gone so far as to get official approval for a name. At some point you may be forced to conform. For now, do what seems appropriate. We have one airplane that I refer to as "Horse With No Name" because of the song by the same name, the crew chief wouldn't name it and the song parallels (at one time) recent unit history. I had gone through Loadmaster school, did my seasoning training and then we were activated and off to start OIF. To this day the airplane still has no name attached to it. I like the idea of pig names for the Herk. Not at all to be derogatory- quite the opposite. They just seem to fit because they are portly and work very well and often in the dirt. One of my favorite ideas is "Thunder Pig". I realize you guys most likely never take the wheels off concrete, so this may not work for you. But, it's a direction. Congratulations and good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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