Hello all. been quite some time since ive been on. Hey muff, fellow tampa native here, your post reminded me of a website i recently stumbeld upon an saw that acft 63-7879 is still in service at Yokota. Then looking at the gallery, i see a pic of 63-7865 is still there too. Looks like its the wing or squadron bird. I worked on both of those acft when I was at Yokota from 90 jan to 93 jan. Its amazing to see those birds still in service!! My bird, 64-0556 I think is at Hurlburt as a ground trainer.
Actually 79 and 65 went to Ramstein where I was stationed. I think we got about 4 birds from Yokota. 65 of course was our "Purple Heart" bird and had a big Purple Heart along with some history on the Nav's table. 79 was actually my plane for a little while. Took the ol' girl to Depot as a matter of fact. As far as replacing the Herks with 17's, I don't think it will ever happen 100%. Unfortunately some of them just have so many hours on them they are restricted and useless for anything but training missions because of the wing joints. They are more of a pain in our a$$ than anything because of scheduling issues. My favorite plane ever is probably 63-7825. She was mine in the desert, and flew like an absolute champ!
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Actually 79 and 65 went to Ramstein where I was stationed. I think we got about 4 birds from Yokota. 65 of course was our "Purple Heart" bird and had a big Purple Heart along with some history on the Nav's table. 79 was actually my plane for a little while. Took the ol' girl to Depot as a matter of fact. As far as replacing the Herks with 17's, I don't think it will ever happen 100%. Unfortunately some of them just have so many hours on them they are restricted and useless for anything but training missions because of the wing joints. They are more of a pain in our a$$ than anything because of scheduling issues. My favorite plane ever is probably 63-7825. She was mine in the desert, and flew like an absolute champ!