madmark Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Yokota's first C-130J-30 14-5807 left Greenville for its new home today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Thanks for the update. I have added it to the database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalbasher Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 On 2/24/2017 at 4:51 PM, madmark said: Yokota's first C-130J-30 14-5807 left Greenville for its new home today So why is a new J off the production line departing Greenville...just curious? Was it there for the LAIRCM mod prior to delivery? I saw it on the delivery line in Marietta in Oct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Just a rumor but I heard there are problems with the windshields installed at Marietta and after leaving Marietta, they are going to Greenville for repairs. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalbasher Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Suppose to arrive today or tomorrow with official ceremonial arrival event planned for Monday 6 Mar 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 On 3/1/2017 at 7:41 AM, Metalbasher said: Suppose to arrive today or tomorrow with official ceremonial arrival event planned for Monday 6 Mar 2017. When did she arrive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalbasher Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Air Force’s ‘meanest, toughest, most tactical machine’ arrives at Yokota The first of 14 new C-130J Super Hercules cargo planes lands at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Monday, March 6, 2017. By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 6, 2017 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Air Force began the deployment of its “meanest, toughest, most tactical machine” — the C-130J Super Hercules — to western Tokyo on Monday. The first of 14 Super Hercules, which will replace aging C-130H planes at Yokota Air Base, was delivered by Maj. Gen. Mark C. Dillon. The Pacific Air Forces vice commander landed the aircraft, its distinctive six-bladed composite propellers whirring, in front of a crowd of airmen, family members and Japanese guests. Waiting on the ramp was U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez, who told the crowd the new plane’s arrival showed America’s “ever, ever, ever strong commitment” to Japan. The first of 14 new C-130J Super Hercules cargo planes lands at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Monday, March 6, 2017.SETH ROBSON/STARS AND STRIPES “Today the United States of America delivered its premier, meanest, toughest, most tactical machine in the world, the J model,” he said. “When you look around the world at the threats that exist in this region, our friends in Japan, they need to know that the United States sends its best … we have the premier tactical airlifter now on Japanese soil.” Dillon said flying a C-130J is akin to driving a sports car. “It’s like driving a Ferrari or a Maserati,” he said. “It has a lot of power. You can land it exactly where you want to on the runway.” The C-130J needs two fewer crewmembers thanks to automated navigation and engineering systems, and its new Rolls Royce engines provide more power, fuel efficiency and range. Larry Gallogly, a former Air Force C-130 pilot and one of several Lockheed Martin representatives who helped welcome the plane, said the J models would add significant airlift capability in the region. Already flown by Special Forces on Okinawa and at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, C-130Js can carry eight cargo pallets — two more than the H models — and 128 passengers compared to the 92 who could ride in the older plane, he said. The J models are 30 percent cheaper to fly and more reliable than the older aircraft, and their mission capability rates routinely surpass 80 percent. High-tech avionics mean the planes are also very safe. Only eight C-130Js have crashed or been put out of service by accidents to date, Gallogly said. The cockpit has more space than the older models since there’s no seat for the flight engineer and the navigator’s chair is spare. Those jobs have been automated on the J models. A striking thing about the cockpit is two clear Heads-Up Displays in front of the pilot and co-pilot’s seats. From the side they are completely transparent, but from the flyers’ viewpoint, bright green flight instruments seem to hang in the air. There’s more space in the new plane’s cargo bay, too, along with a flush toilet — a luxury denied to passengers on the old Hercs. “I’m very excited to have an aircraft to fly,” said Capt. Chase Hessman, 25, a Yokota-based pilot who showed off the new plane for visitors. Hessman, who grew up at nearby Camp Zama where his father was stationed with the Army, trained to fly the J model, but he’s been doing office work for weeks waiting for the new planes to get to Japan, he said. 374th Airlift Wing commander Col. Kenneth Moss, whose name is painted on Yokota’s first J model, said some of airmen spent years planning for its arrival. “Today marks the beginning of the transition for the 374th Airlift Wing from operating the world’s greatest airlifter … to now operating the world’s most advanced tactical airlifter, the C-130J,” he said. Video Link of aircraft taxiing in below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmark Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 windows frames missed drilled (over sized , snowmanned , and etc) from the vendors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4enut Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Quite a change from the good old days in the 374th with A models at Naha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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