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Does anyone know the names of the special paint used on early Combat Talons? I don\'t think that there would be a FS number for them. This is for Mark S who will be releasing a decal sheet of various Combat Talons. 1. He wants to know if there is a FS number 2. He list the colors as black and tan. 3. He mentions a short dash 7 and a long dash 15 engines. Someone said that one color was SAC Bomber Tan, although it looked green. The tan on B-52s was a reddish brown and not like the green on Combat Talons. Mark has also gotten information that the dash 7 and dash 15 engines were of different length. I think he is refering to someone who has lengthened the engines to the Italeri C-130E/H kit, which was originally an AC-130A and has the A model dash 9 engines. Can anyone help? Thank you. Grant matsuoka

I was in the MET/ARE shop in the 11th CAMS from 83/84. Worked on WC-135Bs. Nice group of guys there. Grant

Tim, Yes, I wouldn\'t mind seeing a picture of the rails, especially the outside portions. Sorry that I didn\'t notice your post earlier. Grant

Thank you everyone for your help. Does anyone have a better close-up of the rails, especially the inner side? Also, any help on the two HC-130Ps that were involved in the Son Tay raid? Thank you very much, Grant

Does anyone have any close ups of the two rails attached to the bottom of the upper rear cargo door of Rescue HC-130Hs/Ns/Ps? I believe that when the door was raised in-flight, the rails were connected to overhead rails in the cargo bay and were used to lift and drop the air rescue package. Does anyone have more detailed information on its use? This is for a modeler who is building an HC-130P. Also, the 33rd ARRS had the MAC badge and Rescue tail band on a SEA camo bird in the mid 70s. Does anyone know the tail number so I can look it up in your photo library? Also, does anyone know of the tail number of the HC-130Ps that supported HH-53s on the Son Tay Raid? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Grant