olcatmech2 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 As a retired ol Herky mechanic I enjoyed watching news and events about other units that had the 130 and how we had interacted with each other. After I had left the Air National Guard most units were getting brand new models of the 130 and most units appeared to have a choice of the tail number assigned such as Charlotte NC with XX1451, XX1561 and Mansfield, Ohio with XX1791 etc. Later I saw that the 130 fleet from Mansfield had transitioned to some foreign made twin engine copy of the 130. It must have been a piece of junk as I understand the Mansfield unit now has the real C130 back. Wondered if they managed to get their original tail numbers back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 No the Mansfield aircraft went to St Joe and the the St Joe aircraft went to Little Rock. Mansfield got a mix of aircraft from different units. If it went as usual, everyone's hangar queens. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olcatmech2 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Thanks Bob, I'd sent an e mail to an old friend in the Mansfield unit to ask him. Your response is very quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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