bobdaley Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Don Your old airplane 74-2063 now at CT is the current High time USAF Herk with 27875 hours. That I know of the highest time USAF herk ever was 62-1820 that had over 37831 hours before it went to the bone tard. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinwhistle Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Forgive me for nosing into your conversation, but I can't help myself! You may remember a couple years back I found my old girl ( 63 7877) on static display in the air park down in Peoria, IL. One of the most interesting facts I came across when I visited her was that she had 30,040 hours at retirement. According to what I just read, she did quite well! One other thing I found quite fascinating is that #1 engine had a tad over 25,000 hours. Again, sorry about butting in........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 That is amazing 25000 hours on a T-56. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Yep, 25,000 hours on a T-56 is pretty amazing. Bob, 62-1820 was a mere baby compared to a lot of commercial Hercs. Before it crashed, S9-BAT (msn 4134) was just a few hundred hours short of 100,000 hours. Actually, it most likely had a lot more than that the way Transfrik used to "cook the books" to save money by delaying C-checks. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 I never could figure out how the USAF got such low usage rates out of all different types of aircraft. T-43's and C-9's, flying mostly airline type profiles, got no where near airline flying rates. USAF herks go to the boneyard with 20000 hours on them and C141's were "Worn out" with 40000 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Another "young Herk" was GhostRider which retired with only 13,989 hours in 38 years of flying, is way under utilized... but this is comparing apples to oranges since this is a gunship. I think it had a lot of good hours left to shoot up a bunch of bad guys. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polcat Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Yes, the 53rd is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Is the 62nd now an active duty associate Squadron with the 154TRS? Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Where are the old Nashville airplanes (89-) that were distributed to Alaska and Niagara? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 89-1181 Little Rock (LRF) ANG 1182 Elmendorf (ELM) 1183 ELM 1184 ELM 1185 ELM 1186 LRF AFRC 1187 LRF AFRC 1188 NIA AFRC 89-1051 AC-130W Cannon 1052 AC-130U Hrurlburt 1053 U HRL 1054 U HRL 1055 H Pitts ARFC 1056 U HRL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polcat Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 The 62nd is not an associate unit in the traditional sense. They are still flying with the 154th. The next commander will close the 62nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Be a shame to lose the 62nd nameplate. 62 has a long history with the Herk going back to 1957 at Sewart. bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkuest Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Most likely the 62nd name will transfer to what is currently the 48th, because of the heritage. That's the story I got anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 48th has been activated 3 times at Forbes in B's 1965-1967, Forbes again in E's from 71-73 and lastly at LRF from 2003-now. 62 along with 61 have been continuously in Herks since 1956/57. Probably a good idea to keep the 62 nameplate for the heritage. BTW of the active duty Herks; 50 the and 61 from 1956 39,40,41, 62 from 1957 36,37 from 1966 2 from 92 and 48 Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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